The Nations of Canada

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Episode 190: Secession and Assassination Apr 17, 2024

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In the first year of its existence, Canada faces a province seeking to leave the union, and the assassination of one of its leading politicians.
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Episode 189: Questions and Answers Apr 10, 2024

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The podcast takes a pause in the narrative to field questions from listeners.
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Episode 188: This Peaceful Revolution Apr 03, 2024

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Two and a half years after the Quebec Conference, and after bitter debates, dead-ends, political pressure of dubious constitutionality from London, two elections in New Brunswick, and an invasion or two, confederation finally comes into effect.
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Episode 187: The Battle of Ridgeway Mar 27, 2024

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After several false alarms British North America undergoes two Fenian invasions in a matter of weeks, creating the greatest security crisis in a generation.
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Episode 186: The Fenians Mar 20, 2024

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The end of the Civil War in the United States creates a military threat to British North America, though not the one many Canadians feared.
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Episode 185: I Have No Faith in Canadian Statesmen Mar 13, 2024

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As the Maritime delegates return home from the Quebec conference, they discover that the voting public does not necessarily approve of their work.
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Episode 184: The Tenant League Mar 06, 2024

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When all conventional political solutions to Prince Edward Island's intractable Land Question fail (including union with Canada), the farmers of the colony take matters into their own hands.
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Episode 183: The Confederacy in Canada Feb 28, 2024

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Attempting to stave off defeat, an increasingly desperate Confederacy turns to an espionage campaign in Canada, perched on the Union's unprotected northern flank.
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Episode 182: The Two Conferences Feb 21, 2024

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Canadian delegates crash a conference on Maritime Union, and present a much more ambitious confederation of British North American possessions.
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Episode 181: A Tremendous Thing If We Accomplish It Feb 14, 2024

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With Canada facing crippling railway debts, political paralysis and dysfunction, and a looming security threat, George Brown proposes major constitutional change.
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