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Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker
Canada promised the moon to them. If you look at posters from that era, you'll see "Don't sell your country to Canada!" and slogans like that on one side, while the other has slogans such as, "Canada is offering more and better social services!", etc.
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This was an improvement over what happened in the 1860's. There was no referendum in Nova Scotia because it was fairly clear that the public would not vote in favour of joining Canada. The Quebec Resolutions were simply passed by the legislature. In the next provincial elections, the pro-Confederation party lost all but one of its seats.