Canada's first Prime Minister outlines his vision for Confederation en route to the Charlottetown Conference. | dG1fYTJxT29Ga2sxX1E
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00:02 - Careful, careful, that champagne cost a fortune.
00:05 - Mr. MacDonald, do you plan to bribe the entire delegation?
00:09 - Our methods may differ, Mr. Brown,
00:10 but our objective is the same.
00:11 - My objective, sir, is honest talk.
00:14 - And mine is to win.
00:15 - Gentlemen, enough.
00:16 We must convince the Maritimes
00:18 or there will be no confederation.
00:20 - Aye, George.
00:21 Today, civil war grips America.
00:23 How long before they look to our borders again?
00:25 - Separated, the colonies are isolated and weak.
00:28 But united, just imagine.
00:31 To the east, the Atlantic provinces,
00:33 then upper and lower Canada,
00:35 across the prairies to the Rockies and beyond.
00:38 A new country made one by a railway from sea to sea.
00:42 Gentlemen, the time for union is now.
00:45 I ask you to take the dare.
00:47 - The Charlottetown Conference set confederation in motion.
00:55 On July 1st, 1867,
00:57 Sir John A. Macdonald became Canada's first Prime Minister.
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