Resumen de Parliamentary Tradition and the Legacy of 1812

Gary O'Brien

• This year, for the bicentennial of the War of 1812, many Canadians will be celebrating Canada�s military tradition. Our parliamentary traditions go back more than two hundred years and we tend to take them for granted. Had the outcome of the war with the United States been different, we may have had another governance system. The parliamentary debt that is owed for those who fought in that struggle should never be forgotten. This article suggests we should spend a bit of time reflecting on our parliamentary traditions as well as our military ones.