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Originally Posted by Luisito
Happy Louis Riel Day!!
Celebrating the life of a true Canadian heroe.  |
Some may consider Louis Riel to be a true Canadian 'heroe' but I bet the family/descendants of
Thomas Scott, the labourer/surveyor for the Canadian Government that was slowly executed by Riel's men during the Red River Rebellion in 1870 may not think the same.
Tommy Douglas, Terry Fox, Sir Frederick Banting and other Canadians that aren't murders but have helped not only Canadian's but people throughout the world would be more the kind of people that I would consider
true Canadian heroes.
On an interesting side note to the 'Why Quebec the only mainly French province', After Thomas Scott's cruel murder by Riel, the Canadian government dispatched the Wolseley Expedition to Fort Garry from Ontario to seize the fort and force Riel to flee to USA, he was frustrated by having to remain in exile despite Riel's growing belief that he was a divinely chosen leader and prophet, a belief which would later resurface and influence his actions & his ultimate return to Canada and Riel's sentencing & death in Regina.
Along with a much stronger Anglo military presence following the Red River Rebellion and during the North-West Rebellion shifted the Francophone balance of presence in the Prairie Provinces for ever.