The Nations of Canada

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Episode 200: The Screw is Being Turned Jun 26, 2024

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Railway debt and pressure from Britain forces Prince Edward Island to reconsider joining Canada, as the seventh province of confederation.
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Episode 199: Not Richer Serfs But Better Men Jun 19, 2024

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As Canada industrializes, a labour movement emerges in Hamilton, Ontario, seeking a dignified role for workers in the emerging modern economy.
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Episode 198: Outside Promises Jun 12, 2024

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Canadian negotiators begin the treaty-making process in the northwest, and find their work far more challenging than they anticipated.
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Episode 197: Occupied Manitoba Jun 05, 2024

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Manitoba, Canada's newest province, is faced with the challenge of managing an anxious Metis majority, a well-armed Canadian minority, and the possible threat of a Fenian invasion.
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Episode 196: England is Sick of Her Colonies May 29, 2024

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As Canada seeks an outlet on the Pacific Ocean, the colonists of British Columbia contemplate their future in the British Empire.
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Episode 195: Mr. Macdonald Goes to Washington May 22, 2024

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As British and American diplomats gather in Washington for the largest Anglo-American conference in a generation, John A. Macdonald joins the British delegation, to ensure Canadian interests are represented.
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Episode 194: We Must Make Canada Respect Us May 15, 2024

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In the thrilling conclusion to the Red River Crisis, Ottawa agrees to several of the provisional government's demands, creating hte province of Manitoba, but more ominously, also despatches a military expedition into the northwest.
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Episode 193: Everywhere is Conjecture May 08, 2024

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Ottawa's plans for expansion in the northwest meet resistance on the Red River.
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Episodes 192: Canada First May 01, 2024

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Canada begins its first great national project - a settlement frontier in the northwest.
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Episode 191: A Mere Outport of the New Dominion Apr 24, 2024

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Wary Newfoundlanders contemplate an invitation to join the Canadian confederation.
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