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Episode 281: Nothing But the Ships
1912. Robert Borden finds that his broad coalition (which was so successful on the campaign trail) makes for an unruly government. Especially with Britain ever more insistent on contributions to th…
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Episode 280: The Best Safeguard of the Faith
1912. New regulations on the use of French in Ontario public schools galvanizes the province's growing francophone population and sets off a fresh round of French Canadian nationalism in Quebec.
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Published on 1 week ago
Episode 279: Not Asked For Nor Wanted
1911. A panic over black settlers moving into western Canada sparks a heated debate on Canada's immigration laws, and the country's racial politics.
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Published on 2 weeks ago
Episode 278: A Parting of the Ways
September 1911. An unlikely partnership of conservative imperialists and French Canadian nationalists bring an end to Wilfrid Laurier's fifteen-year rule in Ottawa.
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Published on 3 weeks ago
Episode 277: Reciprocity 2.0
1911. Desperate for a distraction from the Navy Question, Wilfrid Laurier is presented with a golden opportunity to fulfill a decades-long ambition by developments in Washington.
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Published on 4 weeks ago
Episode 276: A Situation Disgraceful to the Country
1911. A damning report from a public health official sparks a national conversation on the future of the Indian Residential Schools program.
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Published on 1 month ago
Episode 275: Fiasco Canadense
As a growing pile of Canadian capital seeks new investment opportunities, a group of entrepreneurs, engineers, and corporate lawyers descend on the fast growing coffee economy of Brazil.
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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Episode 274: A Tin Pot Navy
1910. When Britain calls on Canada to help fund its naval arms race with Germany, Wilfrid Laurier faces his greatest political test since the Boer War.
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Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Episode 273: The Fishermen's Advocate
1910. Disillusioned with the governance provided by the elites of St. John's, Newfoundland's outport fishermen form their own political and social movement.
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Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Episode 272: Coal and Steel
1910. Nova Scotia enters the industrial age with ambitions to become an international steel-making power. However, by extension, the province also enters a new, modern age of conflict between the fo…
Published on 2 months ago