John A. Macdonald agreed to a proposal from which political rival?
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Answer
The answer is George Brown. John A. Macdonald and George Brown were political rivals in Canada during the mid-19th century. In 1864, Brown proposed a plan for the unification of the British North American colonies into a single federal state. Macdonald initially opposed the plan but eventually agreed to it, and the two men worked together to bring about the Confederation of Canada in 1867.
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