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The Settlement of the West

How the East Won and How Canada Lost

Welcome! Here, we pledge to talk regularly about Canadian history, with a special emphasis on our 22 prime ministers. 
 
Today, I'd like to take a look at 'How the East Won and How Canada Lost.' 
 
We live in a country where there is an acute lack of national consciousness – of national memory. We’re decentralized. We have regional self-absorptions.  
 
I think we should have listened to the Americans 100 years ago. Not the ones living in the U.S. – the ones who chose to move here, especially to our Canadian west.