John A. MacDonald
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Like my colony, I am strongly supporting confederation as it will benefit all the colonies. I was born on January, 11, 1815 in Glasgow, Scotland. As a father of confederation and Canada West's representative, I think that confederating will have benefits to all colonies. Currently, the Americans are threatening to attack Canada West and the other colonies are also at risk of an attack. Confederating will allow stronger military and larger forces. If we do confederate, building a railway will improve trade tremendously. The speed of trade will burst. Confederating is surely the best choice as it will contain many benefits. I am looking forward to the conference and hope that we will confederate.
James Cockburn
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I was born February 13 1819 in Berwik-upon-Tweed. I had a success in law and politics before and I was the First Speaker of the House of Commons. I hope that we do confederate because I think being an individual country is better than being under rule of Britain. This will also help us with trade if we do build a railroad but even if we don't we would still have better trade. Also with a railroad we could easily transport our troops.
Oliver Mowat
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I, Oliver Mowat, am for confederation and most definitely want it to happen. For one we will have stronger military. This will help support us and make us more defend able from Americans. From here we can also have better trade with each other. Secondly I think this will make us a better nation. We won't have to defend our borders from each other because we know we can trust each other. Also I plan on splitting our taxes with them. I think confederation has more pros that cons, even if not the pros out power the cons.
I think splitting up the trade percentages will be hard because everybody wants everything. another problem is the french. They want their religion to stay but I want it to go. I want it to go because if we have two languages we will have to learn another language. Children won't have time to learn a new language, and even if they do it will be hard to learn a whole new language at such a young age.
I think splitting up the trade percentages will be hard because everybody wants everything. another problem is the french. They want their religion to stay but I want it to go. I want it to go because if we have two languages we will have to learn another language. Children won't have time to learn a new language, and even if they do it will be hard to learn a whole new language at such a young age.
William McDougall
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Birth: Jan 25, 1822
I think that confederating would be a great opportunity; all the colonies may unite. It would let us form a governmental system. We could pool all our resources, as well as pay off our debts. On the military advantage aspect, since we are always on the verge of attack from the United States, a joined military alliance would benefit. I think that overall, it would be a great opportunity.
I think that confederating would be a great opportunity; all the colonies may unite. It would let us form a governmental system. We could pool all our resources, as well as pay off our debts. On the military advantage aspect, since we are always on the verge of attack from the United States, a joined military alliance would benefit. I think that overall, it would be a great opportunity.
George Brown
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Hello, my name is George Brown. I am one of Canada West’s Founding Fathers, and I have some things to tell you about myself. I was born on November 29th, in 1818, in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. That city is now known as Edinburgh. I am most known as a journalist and a founder/co-founder of many newspapers. These were sometimes co-founded with my father. Some of the papers I founded are: The British Chronicle in 1842 with my father in New York; The Banner (a weekly read for Presbyterians) from 1843-44 in Toronto, once again with my dad; The Globe in Toronto in 1844, which is now known as the Globe and Mail.
My main role in the Confederation was that I led a group of politicians and newspaper men (who agree with the idea of a Confederation). We insisted that Canada should expand to the Western Lands that are currently owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Our organization was called the Clear Grits Movement. My opinions on this are that we should Confederate. This is because of the resources, military, trading, etc. and how we can help each other. If we were to Confederate, then there would be more assistance to everyone, and trading would be easier because we could build the New Railway.
My main role in the Confederation was that I led a group of politicians and newspaper men (who agree with the idea of a Confederation). We insisted that Canada should expand to the Western Lands that are currently owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Our organization was called the Clear Grits Movement. My opinions on this are that we should Confederate. This is because of the resources, military, trading, etc. and how we can help each other. If we were to Confederate, then there would be more assistance to everyone, and trading would be easier because we could build the New Railway.
William P. Howland
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I was born on the 29th of May, 1811, in the city of Pawling, New York, of the United States. Though I am an American-born man, I am still a Canadian Father of Confederation. My outlook on the option of confederation is surely similar to many of the others; I think it could easily benefit all colonies in multiple aspects. Our colony, Canada West, can benefit from confederation in military support to defend from attacks from the United States, and also a lower trade tax and a railway to make our trade with other colonies much easier. Personally, I would like for the colonies to confederate so that we can, together as a nation, advance ourselves in industry and trade. I would think that as long as all colonies are open to negotiation, we can confederate for the benefit of us all.