Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Newfoundland at the Crossroads How CD Howe became a celebrated Canadian at NL expense
Book DescriptionAn indispensable guide through original documents to key issues in Newfoundland's twentieth-century constitutional history. This book reveals the desires of Britain and Canada to bring about Newfoundland's union with Canada, and shows their close co- operation and the fascinating inner political workings of the confederation campaigns. It is required reading for anyone interested in Newfoundland's history, or anyone with an interest in how and why the province is a part of Canada.
John Edward FitzGerald is Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland. He has conducted research on Newfoundland's political and constitutional history at archives in Newfoundland and Labrador, elsewhere in Canada, in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and Italy. He has published articles on Confederation in The Newfoundland Quarterly, Newfoundland Studies, The Beaver, and Historical Studies. He is a frequent media conunentator on Newfoundland history and culture.
Upon hearing that Mr Fitzgerald was appointed to the NL Lobbyist chair in Ontario I immediately ordered this book. In part to read about the man but mostly to read about How CD Howe the celebrated Canadian lied and withheld the goelogical find of the worlds largest and purest iron ore deposit in Labrador back until NL was signed into the federation of Canada.
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