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Episode 23 - Rebellion Redux
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Episode 23 - Rebellion Redux

1867 & All That

June 12, 202038m 44s

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Show Notes

Louis Lafontaine proposes the Rebellion Losses Bill into the Canadian parliament and things get ugly. A mob burns parliament; Montreal is turned inside out; even the Governor General Lord Elgin isn’t safe. Will responsible government hold? And at what cost? And, finally, why are Montreal Tories demanding to be annexed to the United States?