1. Some thoughts on John A. Macdonald & famine relief inspired by James Daschuk's brilliant Clearing the Plains: http://www.amazon.ca/Clearing-Plains-Politics-Starvation-Aboriginal/dp/0889772967 …
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5. In famines of late 1870s there was abundance of food to provide relief but not shared for reasons of ideology (free trade) & control
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6. In Canada El Nino famines coincided with period of treaty negotiations & desire to clear the plains for white settlement.
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