Pothier was standing over a 1.5-metre deep pit where workers using trowels, buckets and backhoes were digging around the foundations of a building that burned down during a riot on April 25, 1849.
An English-speaking mob, goaded by Tory politicians and English newspapers, including the Montreal Gazette, set fire to Canada’s first permanent Parliament building. They were angry about a plan to compensate those whose property was damaged in the 1837-38 rebellions, including property owners who had not remained loyal to the government
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