Indeed, Senator John Stewart would become, over his lengthy parliamentary career, the epitome of the wise and conscientious legislator imagined by David Hume centuries before — a legislator indefatigable in the pursuit of the right; a legislator who understood the importance of vigilance in securing and protecting our free society; a legislator committed to the public good; a legislator who left nothing to chance; a man who brought a razor-sharp mind and tremendous, tireless energy to the service of his community, to his students, to his province and to his country; a tho
ughtful patriot who always ...[+++] understood, as the old saying goes, that those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.