In these pieces, I will strive to explain how The Founders, including James Madison and Alexander Hamilton, set up our system ...

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When Manitoba entered Confederation in 1870, British Columbia was still an isolated British colony on the West Coast. In March 1867, the United States had bought Alaska leaving British Columbia ...