The Nations of Canada

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Episode 240: Sunny Ways Apr 02, 2025

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Liberal leader Wilfrid Laurier ends a generation of Conservative rule through a canny combination of optimism and opportunism.
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Episode 239: A Nest of Traitors Mar 26, 2025

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A series of Conservative Prime Ministers struggle to hold together the party that the late John A. Macdonald spent his career building.
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Episode 238: Our Darkest Hour Mar 19, 2025

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A devastating fire in St. John's, and a comprehensive financial meltdown threaten the very existence of Newfoundland as a self-governing colony.
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Episode 237: We Are Lonesome Mar 12, 2025

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In an effort to speed indigenous assimilation, the federal government turns to a new program that will define its Indian policy for the next seventy years - Indian Residential Schools.
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Episode 236: A Continent on the Moon Mar 05, 2025

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Twenty-five years after the Hudson's Bay Company land purchase, and ten years after the CPR, impatient Canadians begin to wonder if the northwestern frontier will ever fulfill its potential.
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Episode 235: Lord Stanley's Cup Feb 26, 2025

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In the wake of a divisive federal election, and in the face of bullying economic policies emanating from Washington, the Governor General turns to hockey as a unifying force in Canada.
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Episode 234: The Day of Small Things Was Passed Feb 19, 2025

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Canada's Christians take their reforming zeal abroad to Asia, establishing the trans-Pacific links that Canadian politicians and businessmen have thus far failed to achieve.
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Episode 233: Toronto the Good Feb 12, 2025

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Ambitious to overtake Montreal as Canada's first city, Toronto grapples with its dual self-proclaimed identities as the nation's economic engine, and its moral compass.
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Episode 232: The Old Leader Feb 05, 2025

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With fresh tariffs and loose talk about annexation emanating from Washington, an ageing John A. Macdonald carries the banner of Canadian nationalism into one last election.
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Episode 231: The Feelings of an Outraged People Jan 29, 2025

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The burden of railway debt forces Newfoundland to contemplate joining the Canadian confederation, until a patriot emerges, calling on Newfoundlanders to believe in themselves and their national destiny.
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