Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I hangaia i te Mei 22, 1868, hei whakautu ki te kohurutanga o Thomas D'Arcy McGee, he kaitōrangapū rongonui a Irish-Canadian me te MP mo Montreal West, i Ottawa i te Paenga-whāwhā 7. I patua a McGee e nga mema o te Fenian Brotherhood, he whakahaere mana whenua Irish e noho ana i te United States, i te taone nui hou o Canada iti iho i te tau i muri i te hanganga o te whenua e te Confederation. I āwangawanga nga mana o Kanata ki te mana o te Fenian Brotherhood, kua oti nei te whakarewa i nga kaupapa nui e toru
he whakaekenga ki Kanata i te tau 1866 i mua i te matenga o McGee, ā, kāore i taea e ngā tari whakahaerenga ture o nāianei te tiaki i te haumarutanga o te kāwanatanga.