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Episode 177: Break Them to Pieces
The Canadian government formalizes its assimilationist Indian policy in statute, sparking a new round of resistance and political organization among …
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 176: A Royal Visit
The Prince of Wales visits Canada, and discovers that some of his mother's subjects there are a bit too loyal to the Crown.
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 175: The Double Shuffle
Canadian politics enters a state of paralysis as trans-national coalition governments become ever more difficult to maintain. The only answer appear…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 174: Thomas D'Arcy McGee, a Traitor to the British Government
A reformed rebel arrives in Montreal, intent on constructing a distinct Canadian national identity that includes British, French, and Irish component…
2 years, 5 months ago
Episode 173: To Breathe Purer Air
As the gold rush hits Vancouver Island, Governor James Douglas searches California for migrants unlikely to agitate for annexation into the United St…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 172: The Starving Ones
The discovery of gold on Fraser River attracts a flood of American prospectors, threatening a repeat of the Oregon crisis, and further surrenders of …
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 171: The Future of the Company
Almost two hundred years after its founding, the Hudson's Bay Company is forced to contemplate a world without its monopoly charter.
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 170: Little Better Than a Parody
In an effort to avoid a repeat of the Oregon surrender, the Hudson's Bay Company establishes a settler colony on Vancouver Island. The early returns…
2 years, 6 months ago
Episode 169: Reciprocity
Deprived of preferential access to the British market, the colonies seek economic salvation in the form of railroads and free trade with the United S…
2 years, 7 months ago
Episode 168: Coarse Vulgar Democracy
Taking a page out of the Reformers book, a new generation of conservatives form a coalition across the linguistic divide.
2 years, 7 months ago