Anne and George Brown: parents of Canadian federalism
While George Brown’s personal life worked out as happily as he could have wished, the Canadian federalism he parented took a turn neither he, John A. Macdonald or George-Étienne Cartier had anticipated. As in the domestic sphere, even successful political marriages have unexpected surprises.
OTTAWA—The metaphor of a marriage is often used to describe the union of the British North American provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Perhaps fewer Canadians know that an actual marriage was a key factor in initiating the events which led to Confederation and to one of its essen...
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