On October 1, 2025, the Queen’s Institute of Intergovernmental Relations held its annual Kenneth MacGregor Lecture at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre in Kingston. This year’s Lecture, "From Meech to MAGA: National Unity and Trade in an Era of Trump," took the form of a fireside chat between former Premier of Ontario David Peterson and former Globe and Mail national affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson. The conversation covered a range of topics, including the legacy of the Meech Lake Accord, Ontario’s role in the federation, free trade, and Canada’s increasingly challenging relationship with the United States.
The Kenneth MacGregor Lectureship was established in 1982 in honour of Kenneth R. MacGregor. The purpose of the Lectureship is to bring prominent public figures or scholars to campus in order to broaden the public's understanding of federalism, and intergovernmental relations. Past Lecturers include Peter Lougheed, Robert Stanfield, Alan Blakeney, Albert Breton, Thomas J. Courchene, José A. Gómez-Ibáñez, Alain Cairns, Richard Simeon, Roger Gibbins, Daniel Elazar, and Gordon Robertson.