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The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865

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Between 3 February and 13 March 1865, the Parliament of the Province of Canada debated the negotiated confederation of British colonies on the Atlantic seaboard, aimed at creating a union from Newfoundland to Lake Superior....
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  • 01 August 2010
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In The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada, 1865, John A. Macdonald presses for the advantages of a strong central power; Alexander Galt puts forward the economic arguments for union; and critics of confederation, Christopher Dunkin and A.A. Dorion, express their misgivings with prophetic insight.
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Price: $34.95
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press
Series: Carleton Library Series
Publication Date: 01 August 2010
ISBN: 9780773576032
Format: eBook
BISACs: HISTORY / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
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P.B. Waite is professor emeritus, Dalhousie University, and the author of The Life and Times of Confederation, 1864-1867 and The Man from Halifax: Sir John Thompson, Prime Minister. He is an officer of the Order of Canada.
Ged Martin is professor emeri