Background
He is the son of businessman Stanley Burke, founder of Pemberton Securities, a stockbroking firm in Western Canada.
He is the son of businessman Stanley Burke, founder of Pemberton Securities, a stockbroking firm in Western Canada.
He was the anchor of Canadian Broadcasting Company Television"s The National News from 1966 to 1969. The show was renamed The National after he resigned to launch a public campaign on the Biafran civil war. Following his retirement from the Canadian Broadcasting Company, Burke also wrote a number of books satirizing Canadian politics in the form of children"s stories, including Swamp Song, Frog Fables and Beaver Tales and