Canada's Founding DebatesJanet Ajzenstat, Paul Romney, Ian Gentles, William D. Gairdner Canada's Founding Debates is about Confederation—about the process that brought together six out of the seven territories of British North America in the years 1864-73 to form a country called Canada. It presents excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all of the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and in the constituent assembly of the Red River Colony. The voices of the powerful and those of lesser note mingle in impassioned debate on the pros and cons of creating or joining the new country, and in defining its nature. In short explanatory essays and provocative annotations, the editors sketch the historical context of the debates and draw out the significance of what was said. By organizing the debates thematically, they bring out the depth of the founders' concern for issues that are as vital today as they were then: the meaning of liberty, the merits of democracy, the best form of self-government, the tension between collective and individual rights, the rule of law, the requirements of political leadership, and, of course, the nature of Canadian nationality. Canada's Founding Debates offers a fresh and often surprising perspective on Canada's origins, history, and political character. Previously published by Stoddart Publishing, 1999. |
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... the interests they represent. All three men and a company of their colleagues descend on the capital of Prince Edward Island to make their pitch to the assembled maritimers. The Canadian Confederation Medal, 1867. Struck in Britain at the.
... Edward Island, and Newfoundland. By 1866 the Province of Canada has approved the Quebec Resolutions in toto, and Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (the latter after two general elections) have passed resolutions approving union, though not ...
... Edward Island continue their deliberations, only now the British North America Act defines the debate. Two new debates begin in the west: in the province of British Columbia and the settlement of Red River. In 1869 Newfoundland decides ...
... Edward Island resemble small independent nations in their domestic politics. Almost all speakers in these provinces, liberals and conservatives alike, argue that responsible government guarantees political liberty, political equality ...
... Edward Islander says the same a quarter-century earlier. Yet those who boast of their British identity are at odds over Confederation. To some it is a way of remaining British by preventing absorption into the United States; to others ...
Contents
PART THREE WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT IDENTITY | |
British or Canadian? | |
What Is a Canadian? | |
PART FOUR WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE NEW NATIONALITY | |
Minorities and Minority Rights | |
PART FIVE HOW TO MAKE A CONSTITUTION | |
Pro and | |
Appendixes | |
Afterword on Books | |
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