Sir George-Étienne Cartier

One of the interesting things of Sir George-Étienne Cartier is know how was his life. He was born in St. Antoine on september 6, 1814.  He was an influentional person in his time, and one of leading person. He had 2 daughters and his wife Hortense. Cartier became a candidate for the Conservative Party and this marked the beginning of political career that lasted until his death. He was a lawyer and he always was interested in politics and he charted his own path to business and politics. George- Cartier always showed interested in railways and he said the economy depended of the railways, that's why he pushed this idea to develop the commerce in Montreal. Cartier was well-know at this time because he did many things such as the work toward the establishment in a church- run school system. He was one of the first persons who proposed developing the railways because some people was seeking one solution for the economic problems, and thats why Cartier and Macdonald presented their idea. Cartier participated in the expansion of Canada. He and Macdonald went to London to talk about the Northwest Territories and they got the sum of 1.5 million from the government to Canada.
Cartier died in London by an incurable disease in 1873, and then his wife and his daughters left Montreal and they moved to France. All member of this family are in Notre- Dame- des-Neiges cementery and now the house is a museum where people can go and know about his life and what he did for Montreal.

-Zamira

The life and work of George-Etienne Cartier

Friday, May 11, along with our teacher, we were in the old port. We visited a national historic site located in the heart of old Montreal.

The House of Cartier.
By visiting this house, we learned about the life and work of George-Etienne Cartier,lawyer, businessman and politician. His father and grandfather were  merchants. He was married  and he had  two daughters Josephine and Hortense.
Cartier is one of the main architects of Canadian Confederation. In addition, he was a leading proponent of the railways.
He was also involved the development of several law to accelerate modernization. He was the instigator of several reforms.
He worked all his life to the defense of French Canada. He died in London in 1873. When he died, her wife decided to live in France.
No family ties exist betwen Georges-Etienne Cartier and  the explorer Jacques Cartier.
We loved the museum. We felt at the time with this historical reconstruction that respects the old times and trends of the time.
I think we all returned to the 19th century, live in a life time of the Cartier family



-Saida

What I think about the Biodome

the Biodome is charming business to distract people, and entertain children, but a sad thing for animals. It is a purely selfish distraction, because most of the animals that were at the Biodome are wild animals, who can not live in captivity, especially the lynx.

Even if they are well cared for and treated well, it is not worth their freedom in their natural environment.
 But on the other hnad, it allows the people who never travel to discover the fauna and climates of other countries, such as that of Latin America.

-Zineb