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Paul Martin: Time to give Alexander Galt his due as Canada's first federalist

Ottawa Citizen
Despite the century-and-a-half that separates us, Alexander Galt and I share a common background. We both live or lived in Quebec's Eastern...
91 months ago

Alexander Tilloch Galt, Speech on the Proposed Union of the British North American Provinces – November 23, 1864

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Delivered shortly after the Quebec Conference of October 1864, Alexander Galt presents the coalition government's comprehensive official case in favour of...
91 months ago

Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt championed minority rights

WestmountMag.ca
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt, an MP who voted in favour of Confederation and was Canada's first minister of finance, is credited as the prime mover for the...
42 months ago

How the Fathers of Confederation met their demise

Macleans.ca
36 men attended at least one of the constitutional conferences that gave birth to Confederation and the nation of Canada. Here's a look at how some of them...
89 months ago

The MLI Confederation Project

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute
MLI's signature initiative to celebrate the legacy of Confederation – and the home of the five-part Confederation Series authored by Alastair Gillespie.
33 months ago

Alexander Galt and Confederation as an economic union

The Hill Times
The British Columbia and Quebec governments are currently threatening to use provincial regulatory powers to prevent the construction of...
88 months ago

A Father of Confederation once represented Burlington in the House of Commons - he also drank with Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg.

Burlington Gazette
William McDougall was born in 1822 in York (now Toronto). He became a lawyer in 1847 and practiced in Upper Canada.
117 months ago

Fun facts about Canada's founding fathers

CBC
Canada's founders were a not-so-motley crew of mostly lawyers and businessmen, with the odd doctor, journalist and pharmacist thrown in for...
101 months ago

Efemérides: los acontecimientos más importantes del 19 de septiembre

Infobae
El calendario señala las fechas más relevantes en la historia de la humanidad, enseguida las de hoy.
2 months ago

Que fait le Québec avec ses personnages historiques?

Le Devoir
L'inscription à un registre produit un «effet limité», dit Dinu Bumbaru.
86 months ago