While A little History of Canada is mainly and on the surface an informative book rather than an argumentative one, you can still see his opinions in the way that he describes some historical events and in what he chooses not to focus on in his book, for example, he spends significantly more time on the Second world war than the first world war. He lays out the book by time period, allowing the reader to see Canadian History in a linear manner that makes it significantly easier to read and comprehend. And the language used causes the reader to be able to understand confusing and layered topics with some ease. …show more content…
While he does cover some of the violence perpetrated by the colonists he does put a focus on the violence that the colonists faced. He also tends to focus significantly more on some historical events and people depending on how much he has to say about them regardless of how important they are in the scheme of Canadian History. I think these are both extremely minor issues however, and considering the vastness of the topic being covered in the book and the fact that it is written to appeal to people of all knowledge