The Canadian Army now stationed in England has chafed not to find itself in contact with the enemy. The contribution of Canada to the Imperial war effort in troops, in ships, in aircraft, in food, and in finance has been magnificent. Canada is a potent magnet, drawing together those in the new world and in the old whose fortunes are now united in a deadly struggle for life and honour against the common foe.
Canada occupies a unique position in the British Empire because of its unbreakable ties with Britain and its ever-growing friendship and intimate association with the United States. We are most grateful for all you have done in the common cause, and we know that you are resolved to do whatever more is possible as the need arises and as opportunity serves. I bring you the assurance of good will and affection from every one in the Motherland. Mackenzie King, for fifteen years out of twenty your Prime Minister, and I thank him for the too complimentary terms in which he has referred to myself.
I am very glad to see again my old friend Mr. It is with feelings of pride and encouragement that I find myself here in the House of Commons of Canada, invited to address the Parliament of the senior Dominion of the Crown. The transcript of Churchill’s ‘Some Chicken, Some Neck’ Speech
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Watch Churchill’s “Some Chicken, Some Neck” speech below, then read the full transcript. On his next visit to Canada, in late 1943, the momentum was on the side of the Allies. It was a canny move: The speech electrified Canada, Britain and the other Commonwealth nations. (“Neck” was English slang meaning “nerve” or “gall” - he was mocking Pétain for his audacity in making such an outlandish prediction.)Ĭhurchill had requested that his speech be televised even though parliamentary proceedings typically forbade cameras. “Some chicken!” Churchill said with impeccable timing. He was tasked with steeling the Commonwealth nation for the fight against the Nazis to come.Īddressing the legislators of the House of Commons and the thousands of Canadians who had thronged the streets to seem him, Churchill noted that, in 1940, French Marshal Philippe Pétain had warned him that Adolf Hitler‘s armies would tear through British armies within three weeks, wringing the British empire’s neck like a chicken and taking the British Isles. 30, 1941, not long after the United States had entered the war, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill addressed Canada’s parliament in Ottawa. Watch Churchill's 'Some Chicken, Some Neck' Speech Close
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