P-E-I Senator Diane Griffin has won committee approval for her private member’s bill recognizing Charlottetown as the birthplace of Confederation.
The Senate’s legal and constitutional affairs committee will now report back to the Senate after hearing Griffin’s argument that the process for Confederation began in Charlottetown in 1864.
UPEI historian Ed MacDonald says having the designation is important for understanding Canada’s history, and also for its impact on P-E-I’s tourism.
He says most people are fascinated to learn that while many countries were formed at the point of a sword, Canada was born at the tip of a pen.