Talk:Pacific Scandal

Prime minister is not elected
This article talks about MacDonald's successor being elected, but the prime minister is not elected. Rather, they are selected by the Governor General

I've changed this so now the article says Mackenzie succeeded MacDonald. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drycoookiedough (talk • contribs) 20:46, December 22, 2005‎

Background section and BC
It was BC's near-withdrawal from Confederation due to Ottawa's failure to deliver on its promises that finally goaded the completion of the project; running rail lines into the former Rupert's Land to help put down another rebellion in that region was just a happy by-product but also implicit in the strategic nature of any railway, i.e. military use and specifically preventing the US from moving troops into the region (to, perhaps, support Riel, as even Riel had invited them...). London didn't want a separate BC colony - too expensive to maintain - and leaned on Ottawa to "get it done"; it took parachuting MacDonald into western ridings as he was unelectable in "the Canadas" because of the scandal, and some promise-breaking ot the voters of Victoria to boot, but it's very odd that other than a mention of BC in the opening paragraph of this article the politics of the railway vis a vis BC are barely mentioned at all; not surprising, I suppose, given only central/mainstream CAnadian sources were used to construt it. But this article needs a LOT of work....here's some more material and see the dickshovel.com links already in the ext links. BC histories of this affair abound, I'll ahve to find some specifics/specific pages but a writeup on the Carnarvon Terms is needed (those were Lord Carnarvon's promises to BC as to what Canada's obligations to BC about the railway were, and which were prominent in BC politics in the slogan "Carnarvon Terms or Separation"....Skookum1 (talk) 14:01, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

Political funding aspects
For the political funding aspects you may want to consult the scholarly work of the late Khayyam Zev Paltiel (Carleton University, Ottawa). I recall that he has mentioned the Pacific scandal frequently but unfortunately I do not have any of his writings at hand. Maybe it is a good idea to start with his contribution on "Party financing" in The Canadian Encyclopedia which is available on-line. The link is cited in the "Political finance" article right here. Happy hunting, Khnassmacher (talk) 06:25, 29 April 2013 (UTC)

What railway is this talking about?
Is it the Canadian Pacific Railway? The article does not seem to link to an article about the railway in question. —BarrelProof (talk) 18:13, 7 February 2016 (UTC)

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