HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Confederation Bridge, Great Coalition, Expo 67
17 Feb 2013
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Confederation and its discontents november 19th 2012: the day of humiliation in yarmouth, ns. People wearing black, procession in yarmouth carrying the ottawa band playing. Banner says unity is strength , with 4 cats whose tails are tied together. One cat (nova scotia) trying to untangle itself. Effigy of tucker is set on fire along with a live rat. 1841: act of union joins upper and lower canada. One capital, equal representation for east and west: confederation as liberal-capitalist moment. The road to confederation: political deadlock in the united province of canada. Equal representation between east and west canada meant the english and. Editor of the globe and leader of the true grits. Had issue with rep by pop, and an extreme francophobe. Did not like that canada east had same seats as west, wanted more seats for the. Brown had his eye on western expansion: the great coalition : brown, macdonald, cartier.
