The Japanese maple outside my window is spectacular at this time of the year

After reading The Lincoln Highway and enjoying it tremendously, I just had to read A Gentleman in Moscow. Very different but an equally great read

This is one fine book - a masterpiece

If the words ‘Houston we have a problem’ were ever said, it was Marc Garneau who answered the call when he served as the voice of NASA on 17 missions. The first Canadian astronaut to go to space, Garneau is also a former federal transport minister, Navy commander and president

Time to say goodbye to X. Will be getting off it in a couple of days. I enjoyed the interactions before I retired from my political career.

Je quitterai X dans les prochains jours. Maintenant a la retraite, le besoin pour moi de communiquer n'est plus aussi fort.

I saw an ad in the paper that led me to become the first Canadian in space. My journey took me to mission control, to space on the Challenger and to Ottawa's halls of power. This is my story thestar.com/entertainment/… via @torontostar

.@marcgarneau delivers one heck of a speech and earns two standing ovations: "Nothing focuses your mind like sitting on a rocket about to unleash seven million pounds of thrust," he says. "You have to believe in what you are doing and have a certain tolerance for risk. That’s

PPF’s Annual Testimonial Dinner featured some remarkable and moving speeches from our seven honourees. We just had to transcribe them all; you can read and listen to them all via the links below: ▪️ Former astronaut and cabinet minister Marc Garneau talked about serving his

Canada and Korea: Partners in Prosperity and Security - Policy Magazine policymagazine.ca/canada-and-kor…

Are you taking me on your walk?

How can you not feel good about such beauty?

Pam is about to cook her chicken Marbella - one of my favorites.

Our little garden. All credit goes to Pam’s green thumb

With Principal Gillian Evans at “my” school, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, which I visited on Wednesday to meet the students and speak to them about the importance of space

With Drs Neil Vasdev and Antonio Strafella at CAMH last week to do an MRI and a PET scan as part of a trial to better understand Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) and to assess an F-18 tracer to detect tau protein in the brain. Important science.

J’avais des frissons hier soir en écoutant Céline Dion durant l’ouverture des jeux olympiques. Extraordinaire.

Celine Dion sent shivers down my spine last night as she sang at the opening of the Olympic Games. What an extraordinary performer.

An advance copy of my book arrived yesterday. Very exciting for me. It comes out in October.

My book tour is taking shape. Looking forward to it.