The ornery and handsome George Brown is joined today by his nemesis - and later frenemy - John A Macdonald. The new Tory government gets things done and then goes and upsets Upper Canada by talking about Catholic schools. There's a massive railway fountain and a setup for the murder and mayhem that's coming next week.

I'm giving a lecture to the Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy on Tuesday 17 March at 7PM EDT. The talk is titled "What's So Evil About the Notwithstanding Clause?" If this is at all enticing, you can register for the talk here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/christopher-dummitt-whats-so-evil-about-the-notwithstanding-clause-tickets-270340294097

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