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The main way he did so was in asserting Métis rights against the unlawful incursions of Canadians. As a francophone Catholic who gained considerable sympathy in Québec and disdain in Orange Ontario when he was executed for the death of Scott he also widened the existing rift between francophone and anglophone Canadians. MacDonald recognised this as a dilemma when he had to decide whether to allow the execution.

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