Giant Among Giants: Ernest C. Manning

"My Mother listened to the gospel every Sunday morning and every Sunday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon, Mom's radio was tuned to the Barrie radio station. It was the late 1940s. At 3:00 pm, a program was on the air from Edmonton, Alberta. Ernest Manning was the preacher, and the name of the broadcast was "Canada's National Back to the Bible Broadcast." After sixty years of having studied this man and following his career, I firmly believe that the man who was elected in seven consecutive elections as Premier of Alberta, and who never faced a close election in his entire political career, a man who still can be heard on repeat broadcasts of Canada's National Bible Broadcast, is one of Canada's greatest people." Ron Pegg