As one reads Confederation: The Use and Abuse of History by D.G. Creighton, it becomes apparent that he exemplifies no secrecy when referring to the present day problems emerging between Quebec and the rest of Canada. His bias toward Quebec is of importance when considering the immense role Lower Canada played in the formation of Confederation. His article however, seems to rest solely on an interpretation of unfounded facts. It appears as though he …showed first 75 words of 1394 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1394 total…of them truly exemplified a founded argument based on evidenced fact. A student of history should always call the reliability of these historical facts into question, but at least Vipond utilized what little information he could gather to lend some form of established support to his argument. In concluding, it is evident that Vipond better established historical evidence to support his thesis and therefore held a more convincing argument than did D.G. Creighton. ENDNOTES