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1867 and started drafting British North America Act. They agreed that the new country will be called Canada, that Canada East will be converted into Quebec and that of Canada West will be changed to Ontario. The Act was presented to Queen Victoria on February 11, 1867. Canada officially became a country on July 1, 1867 with four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with Canada 's first prime minister, John A.Mac Donald Canada. The provinces and territories of Canada in turn…

Philpot argues in Oka: Dernier Alibi du Canada Anglais (Oka: English Canada's Last Alibi) that English-language coverage of the standoffs at Oka and Kahnawake was tainted by anti-Quebec,” potentially caused by the end of the Meech Lake constitutional accord (Wells, 1991). This accord was intended to persuade the government of Quebec to follow the 1982 constitutional amendments (Wells, 1991). The English were not entirely supportive of the French during the Oka Crisis evident with their media…

The War Measures Act had previously been used on two war occasions in Canadian history, therefore its use during the October Crisis was one of extreme desperation, eventuating positively. The War Measures’ Act was invoked in August of 1914 to transfer Parliamentary power to the federal cabinet, thus allowing Canada to eliminate corruption, alike with the First World War. The War Measures Act gave powers to the Government and suspended operation of the Canadian Bill of Rights, entailing that all…

final reason why conscription was a poor decision is because although it did boost Canada's reputation as a strong nation, internally, it completely tore Canada apart. One of the many events that support this is the riot that happened on April 1st in Quebec, that was caused by French Canadians, this riot ultimately ended up killing 4 people and 10 were wounded. Another example is, how the anger and resentment that farmers felt fuelled to create many federal and political parties that had…

The craze of Trudeaumania is making a comeback since way back in 1968. Canada’s current Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau is currently the headline for many newspapers all throughout Canada. However, the man whose footsteps Trudeau followed were his father’s, who was also Canada 's fifteenth Prime Minister. Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was an extremely well known Prime Minister for Canada. He inspired many Canadians and rebuilt the nation. Trudeau has greatly impacted Canada during…

famous quote was “not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary.”4 Across Canada the vote for conscription was yes by sixty-three percent of Canadians, eighty-three percent being Canadian. The French still disagreed with it, especially in Quebec where there were anti-conscription groups. Conscription was invoked by King and conscripted soldiers known as “zombies” were sent over seas to fight. The second crisis just made the relations in Canada worse but to a less extent than in WWI.…

people set the senate. The senate has been found since 1862-the BNA act. That’s was also the foundation of Canada. It gives both Quebec and Ontarian 24 seats, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for 12 seats. Later the BC and north territory joined, they got totally 24 seats. Their job is to help the House of Commons to make laws and monitor how it works. （During the Quebec Conference of 1864, which set out the future structure of Canadian political system, John A. MacDonald, then attorney general and…

dominated politics within Quebec…

Maurice Duplessis was the leader of the Québec political party Union Nationale. The Union Nationale introduced the Fleurdelisé verifying the main idea of the party which was to increase French culturalism. The Union Nationale spoke the words of the French Canadian and emphasized the importance of the French culture. Words of the French Canadians were often ignored because the English Canadian had more population so they had more say. Union Nationale tired to increase the importance of the…

The Changing Seventies in Canada During the 1970’s many things happening that didn’t happen in the before this decade. The Seventies are also known as the “pivot of change”. During this decade numerous things socially, politically and economically changed in Canada and around the world. It helped build rights for women and give them a chance to be seen as almost equal to mean. Also, there were many different issues formed in Canada during the 1970’s and new innovations to do things more…