The Myths of Canadian Confederation

 In 1867, four of Britain's North American colonies joined together to form the Dominion of Canada. 

The story behind Canada's founding is often presented in celebrated terms. Historians tell of a country forged through an agreement of its “founding peoples”—English, French and Indigenous—and visionary men like John A. Macdonald who made it possible. The end result was a new country based on “peace, order and good government.” Or so the story goes.

In truth, Canada was not founded on agreement, good government, or any other high-sounding idea—but on deception, corruption and the ulterior motives of those in power. The outcome was something more familiar to the country we know today—one racked with divisions, its economy in tatters, and whose very existence into the future is being constantly questioned. 

The Myths of Canadian Confederation looks at Canada’s real history in all of its ugliness—helping the reader to better understand the problems facing Canada’s people today.