Simulation Topics Railway Trade (free?) Representation in Government –How many seats? –Who gets them? Annexation Protection (Fenians) National Capital

Railway E Railway from CW, move through CE, link NS and NB US & CW are considering paying for railway Railway is linked with Free Trade

Trade E Inter colonial Free Trade US in offering Free Trade (connected to union with US) –Must become states

Representation in Gov’t E 120 Seats –Equality (6 colonies 20 seats) –Rep by pop –CW 50, Atlantic 50, CE 40 (140 seats) –CE 60, CW 60, NB 20

Annexation E Two Atlantic colonies considering offer to join the US –Railway and Free Trade included

National Capital E Quebec City –Central location, major city –Unilingual city Ottawa –Central location, bilingual –Small city St. John’s –Unilingual –Easy to protect

Agreements Railway –CW pays –CW,CE,NB,NS connected –PEI gets railway from US Trade –Free Trade Defense Overall – –Yes 16 –No 12 Rep. in Gov’t –50 CW, 50 CE, 20, 7 NB, 7NS, 6 NFLD National Capital –Ottawa CW – Yes CE – Yes NS – No NB – No PEI – No NFLD – No

Railway D CW suggests US pays for railway CE will pay ¼ costs Nova Scotia wants CW to pay for Railway Colonies should pay for their own Each Atlantic colony gets 2 stops –CE & CW get five stops

Trade D US will pay for portion of railway for mutual free trade CW supports total free trade CE supports free trade Nova Scotia does not want free trade NB suggest railway & free trade are linked PEI wants sectoral free trade (tariff on imports)

Representation in Gov’t D Rep-by-Pop 40 CW 40CE 20 Atlantic 26 CW, 20 CE, 3 NFLD, 3 PEI, 7 NS, 4 NB

Defense D CW suggests training national militia Located in Toronto NS suggests CW pays for army & weapons Each colony/province must contribute soldiers US will protect Canada

National Capital D CE suggests Montreal –Business city –Bi-lingual on St. Lawrence –Central Tupper suggests Halifax –Port city Brown suggests Toronto –Largest city (population) CW is paying and hosts military NB does not care CW supports Toronto PEI supports Halifax

Railway –Each colony pays –CW pays for NS –Intercolonial –No connection to US Trade –Free Trade Defense –National army –Located in Toronto –Each colony contributes troops –CW pays Rep. in Gov’t –Representation by Population –50 CW, 45 CE, 5PEI, 15 NS, 15 NB, 9 NFLD National Capital –Montreal Can WestYES Can EastYES NFLDYES PEINO NBYES NSYES

Railway C Runs from NS (Halifax) through Fredericton, Quebec City, Montreal, and Toronto, Ottawa Canada West is going to pay Line to the Halifax connects with shipping industry

Trade C Free Trade

Representation in Gov’t C Equal representation 20 seats per colony 6 colonies TOTAL 120 seats National Capital C Toronto –Largest city –Protected by Great Lakes Free Trade Defense C Navy based in Halifax Army stationed in Ottawa –National army –Draft/conscription system in times of war

Defense C Navy based in Halifax Army stationed in Ottawa –National army –Draft/conscription system in times of war

National Capital C Toronto –Largest city –Protected by Great Lakes

Voting Procedure Each colony counts the votes for their members –a majority means your colony will join We will see how many colonies vote to join and then take a class vote on the agreement

Block C Canada West –YES Canada East –YES Nova Scotia –YES Class Vote –26-0 PEI –YES Newfoundland –YES New Brunswick –YES

Simulation Debrief What did you enjoy about the simulation? What did you find frustrating or confusing? What challenges did you face in your role? How can the simulation be improved?