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Speaker: Confederation is a civil war. Like the South never forgot the civil war. There's people in Newfoundland never forgot it's a Confederation battle. In 1948, the people in the British colony of Newfoundland faced a choice. They could become an independent country within the British Commonwealth, or they could vote to join Canada in Confederation. St. John's was an anti -Confederate headquarters.
Speaker: Bishop O 'Reilly in Cornerbrook, an Irishman himself, was very pro -Confederate. I remember my father saying that Canadians were just mirroring us with the varnish rubbed off.
Speaker: How did the debate go down? Who was for independence? Who was in favor of joining Canada? And did Newfoundlanders make the right decision? Coming soon on Stories Behind the History, Newfoundland's big choice, Canada versus independence. The Stories Behind the History podcast is available on Spotify, Apple, Google, and on our website at canadashistory .ca.
