Alan Milliken Heisey Sr.
| Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 20, 1928 |
| Died | November 2, 2014 (aged 86) Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Canadian publisher , author, activist and politician |
| Known for | Canadian anti-nationalist |
Alan Milliken Heisey Sr. (May 20, 1928 – 2 November 2014) was a Canadian publisher, author, activist, political columnist and politician from Toronto who wrote the book The Great Canadian Stampede - The Rush to Economic Nationalism - Right or Wrong in 1973 which presaged free trade between Canada and the United States and opposed Canadian economic nationalism.
He was born in Toronto and attended Oakwood Collegiate Institute and St. Andrew's College, Aurora, Class of 1946. He graduated from University of Toronto in Engineering in 1951. and from Harvard University with an MBA in 1953. He was married to Barbara Muriel Cornes (b. 1930) in 1953.His father was Karl Brooks Heisey a mining engineer. He had 3 sons Alan Heisey II, Peter and Robin.Heisey earned a commission in the Toronto Scottish Regiment.
Alan Heisey 1948
1950 Student Election Flyer
While attending the University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering he was a member of the Student Executive of The University of Toronto Engineering Students' Society. At the height of the Cold War in 1951 he led a group of 60 anti communist engineering students in assuming control of a Communist Party of the Soviet Union affiliated group called the Peace Council of the University of Toronto for the purpose of destroying the organisation.
He was an early advocate of free trade between Canada and the United States in the 1960s and 1970s and was an opponent of Canadian nationalism and Canadian cultural protectionism. He was described as Canada's leading anti-nationalist in 1976. Free Trade between Canada and the United States occurred with the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1994.
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