Wow, I'd forgotten about those...
In all honesty, my passion for Canadian politics and history runs deep. Sure, there was neither a Wild West nor a Civil War, but there's drama aplenty. People lied, cheated and stole, as they do everywhere, but somehow in Canada they managed at least to put something of a cap on the wholesale slaughter that marks the histories of so many other nations. Far from making for a boring history, however, it's fascinating and I think very well worth study.
The old saying "War is hell, but it makes for crackling good history," may be true, but with human nature being as contentious as it is, even peacetime is full of conflict.