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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 r…
2 months, 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.…
2 months, 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…
2 months, 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 b…
2 months, 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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3 months 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 f…
3 months, 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 W…
3 months, 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 mo…
3 months, 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 e…
4 months ago
Episode 271: Strangers Within Our Gates
1909. Canadians grapple with the implications of large scale migration from continental Europe, and begin a long-running debate on how so-called "New…
4 months, 1 week ago