For those who don't know, Canada: A People's History was a prestigious CBC documentary series which was meant to educate people on the history of Canada. They would show clips of it to us in school, and then I used to catch whole episodes on TVO when I was a kid. It did a lot to spark my interest in the subject of history. I'll be the first to say that it is not without flaws, but I will always defend it as, if nothing else, a great introduction to the history of Canada, and an interesting time capsule for how Canada viewed its own history in the early 2000s. It might be my nostalgia, but the recreations, the archive footage, the music, and the performances still manage to move me emotionally as I watch it.
Lorne Cardinal appeared in several episodes. He was only onscreen for the fifth episode, where he plays the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. He also did voice-overs for later episodes, where he represented men like Chief Poundmaker and WWI soldier Mike Mountain Horse. For his part, Eric Peterson was in two episodes as Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Both do fantastic work, speaking words which were either written or spoken verbatim by the historical figures that they're portraying.