The first thing I would point out is that in the early days—and this is pre-Confederation, even the early days of Confederation—it was not a verbatim reflection of what was said in the House of Commons. It was third person. It referred to what they said, not word for word what they said.
There have been projects undertaken to recreate the word-for-word dialogue, which has been done through newspaper articles at the time, and which is helpful.
This isn't verbatim. The reference to the Fathers of Confederation in the debate I found interesting—