thePodcast: Canada's ugly, early political violence: the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

September 21, 2025 00:32:25
thePodcast: Canada's ugly, early political violence: the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee
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thePodcast: Canada's ugly, early political violence: the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Sep 21 2025 | 00:32:25

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Show Notes

For the week of Sept. 21, 2025: Is Canada immune from the political violence in the United States that claimed the lives of Melissa Hortman and Charlie Kirk? History says the answer is: no.  On this edition of thePodcast, Bob Mackin’s guest is University of Toronto history professor David A. Wilson.  Prof. Wilson is the foremost expert on the life and times of Thomas D’Arcy McGee.  McGee was the revolutionary immigrant from Ireland who became a moderate, a Father of Confederation and a Member of Parliament. An assassin took his life in Ottawa, 157 years ago.  As usual, Pacific Rim […]

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