•The man who finally convinced the colonies to join together was John AMacdonald.
•He believed Canada had to be a partnership between Canadiens and EnglishCanadians. To make this a reality, he formed a partnership with George-EtienneCartier from Canada East.
•Union was George Brown’s idea, but Macdonald was the one who campaigned theidea.
•He was the at the early discussions in Charlottetown and Quebec. At the LondonConference in 1866, he headed the meeting that drew up the British North AmericaAct (BNA Act). He wrote most of it himself.