Canada Day is more than flags and fireworks. It is a reminder that this country was not inevitable. It was imagined into being by people who chose union over drift and compromise over collapse.

My guest is JDM Stewart, author of The Prime Ministers: Canada's Leaders and the Nation They Shaped. James brings history to life by showing us Canada's prime ministers not as saints or villains, but as flawed, ambitious, and consequential leaders who shaped the country we inherited.

We talk about Macdonald, Laurier, Borden, Mackenzie King, Pearson, Louis St. Laurent, the two Trudeaus, Quebec, Western alienation, sovereignty, and why too many young Canadians know more about American presidents than the leaders who built, bruised, defended, and reimagined Canada.

This is not a history lesson. It is a Canada Day wake-up call. If we don't know how Canada was made, how can we understand what is at risk?

I close the show with my thoughts on what Canada and Canadians must do for us to remain strong and free.

To purchase J.D.M. Stewart's book: https://a.co/d/09mFoxzX