Read this extract and determine whether this person was in favor or opposed of the future of British North America. Give reasons
for this position (in favor or opposed) EXTRACT:
That...Canada [and] the Maritime Provinces can [only] ever attain real greatness... in such a combination as is now proposed, [can] be seen by anybody in the least acquainted with the position they occupy relatively to each other...
[W]here, I would ask can [opponents of joining the colonies] expect to find another Nova Scotian who would be content with a position if isolation so utterly fatal to [the colony's progress.. [to] which... as the Atlantic frontage of British America, [it] may now look confidently forward?
