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1. What colony did you represent?

I represented Nova Scotia.

2. What did you feel were the biggest or most important issues for your colony?

For my colony we were really pushing for representation by delegation so we can develop a trustworthy government, same amount of seats in the house of commons, common trade regulations and currency, and a fee for all ships aside from military ships to dock in our harbour.

3. What strategy did your group come up with to deal with those issues?

The majority of the other colonies also had the same insights, so we didn’t have to argue too much besides our point with the fees of ships to dock in our harbour.

4. Did you have to make any concessions during the negotiation phase?  If so, what agreements or concessions did you come up with?

I did not, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia developed an alliance so between the representatives of NB and NS, we managed to persuade other groups to flip to our side without having to sacrifice any benefits.

5. Were you happy with the outcome of the confederation debates?

Yes, for everything except for how boats won’t be charged to dock in our harbour. It makes sense that nobody voted for this idea, however, because they would be the ones paying. I could see how in a more realistic situation, other groups would have to give in to our proposal to persuade us to join confederation.

6. What is one thing you wish had happened differently with the final results and why?

I would definitley wish that we could charge boats to dock in our harbour, because if we have to deal with all this water traffic we would at least like to see some benefits out of it, especially benefits that boost our economy.