Confederation in Canada
Hello, I am Guy Lafontaine. I am a young lawyer who has recently been elected to the government of Canada East. My firm is located on the east side of downtown Montreal. It is not an overly large firm but I do quite well for myself. My support comes mainly from my clients who are the working people of Montreal and Quebec City. I am a member of the Parti Rouge. My political party is strongly against confederation, but I have my own reasons against confederation as well. Confederation should not be pursued because of a number of reasons. They are as follows. The French would have no say in the government. If the government is to be based on representation by population or "rep by pop" then we the people of Canada East
The reasons against confederation on the topics of culture, safety, and government structure are too outstanding for you the working people of Canada East to overlook. There will never be any change for the better in our own province. The Fenians aren't as large of a threat as John A. If we become outnumbered even more than we already are, can we really trust the English to preserve our precious language, or our culture and our lifestyle for that matter? The answer is no. Once confederation is put in place military priority will be given to Canada West. Too much power will be given to the Roman Catholic Church. MacDonald makes them out to be in the first place. It, in my opinion should be for religious use only. We the people of Canada East would have a better chance of defending ourselves from the Fenian raids as a separate colony instead of pumping our funds into a military that won't be used to protect us. English immigration will also be encouraged. However Canada East is large enough to fend for it self. The church already has too much say in our society as it is. They are just a group of angry Irish men who are blinded with passion for the hope that their precious land of Ireland will one day be free from British rule.
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