Sixth Grade
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier: Unifying Canada
In any free country, people take sides with their ideas. Those with similar ideas group together. While Sir John A. Macdonald was one of the greatest of the conservatives, Sir Wilfrid Laurier was one of the greatest of the liberals.
Laurier was born in Saint-Lin in what is now Quebec on November 20, 1841. His father was an educated farmer who held public office in their town. When Wilfrid was only 11, his father sent him to a neighboring town that was mainly English. There Wilfrid stayed with an Scottish family. He learned to not only speak English but to understand the British culture.
Later on he studied law at McGill University. He set up his law practice in Montreal when he was 23. Soon he also became active in politics.
