He is one of the most important Fathers of Confederation, and he was the first Canadian politician to be assassinated, yet today he is mostly unknown to the majority of Canadians. Today, I am talking about Thomas D’Arcy McGee, the man who is called...
We have reached the second year of Canada’s existence, 1868, and plenty was going on that would have a long impact on Canada’s history. One event was the return of Louis Riel to the Red River area. He had been living in eastern Canada but was...