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Reconsidering confederation, Canada's founding debates, 1864-1999, edited by Daniel Heidt

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Reconsidering confederation

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edited by Daniel Heidt

Canada's founding debates, 1864-1999

July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation, but 1867 was only the beginning. As the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of First Nations, its leaders repeatedly debated Canada's purpose, and the benefits and drawbacks of the choice to be Canadian. "Reconsidering Confederation" brings together Canada's leading historians to explore how the provinces, territories, and Treaty areas became the political frameworks we know today. In partnership with The Confederation Debates, an ongoing crowdsourced, non-partisan, and non-profit initiative to digitize all of Canada's founding colonial and federal records, this book breaks new ground by integrating the treaties between Indigenous peoples and the Crown into our understanding of Confederation. Rigorously researched and eminently readable, this book traces the unique paths that each province and territory took on their journey to Confederation. It shows the roots of regional and cultural grievances, as vital and controversial in early debates as they are today. 2018

Introduction : Reconsidering Confederation / Daniel Heidt -- Compact, contract, covenant : the evolution of First Nations treaty-making / J.R. Miller -- Ontario : the centre of Confederation? / Daniel Heidt -- Quebec and Confederation : gains and compromise / Marcel Martel, Colin Coates, Martin Pâquet, and Maxime Gohier -- The Maritimes and the debate over Confederation / Phillip Buckner -- Resisting Canada's will : Manitoba's entry into Confederation / Robert Wardhaugh and Barry Ferguson -- "The interests of Confederation demanded it" : British Columbia and Confederation / Patricia Roy -- "It is better to have a half loaf than none at all" : the Yukon and Confederation / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and Ken S. Coates -- Creating new provinces : Saskatchewan and Alberta / Bill Waiser -- Newfoundland and Canada : Confederation and the search or stability / Raymond B. Blake -- "A more accurate face on Canada to the world" : the creation of Nunavut / P. Whitney Lackenbauer and André Légaré

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Canada's founding debates, 1864-1999