Charlottetown

The Charlottetown Conference: The Charlottetown Conference, held in the Legislative Council Chamber of the Province House, took place from September 1st, 1864 - September 9th, 1864, becoming the first meeting of the “Fathers of Confederation.” A union of the Maritimes colonies was being discussed as the province of Canada was present at this conference whereas British Columbia and Newfoundland were absent. Eight delegates from the Province of Canada attended this conference along with five delegates from each of the Maritime colonies. On September 2nd, the province of Canada was granted authority to present their case where they persuaded the maritime colonies to consider uniting with Canada. The outcome was as Canada hoped it would be. The conference agreed to join the colonies together and to meet again in the future. Alberta: Alberta, the…

This was also brought up by the federal government of Brian Mulroney, and enjoyed the support of all ten provincial premiers and all of the major political parties. However, the separatist parties in Quebec were opposed to the Accord, as they thought that it did not give enough power to Quebec. Much of western Canada was also opposed to the Accord, as they thought that it would contribute to the domination of central Canada in politics. Eventually, like the Meech Lake Accord, the Charlottetown…

Canada is located near and on many fault lines. With fault, lines energy builds up and has to be expelled in the form of an earthquake. The regions for seismic activity in Canada are: the Cordillera region, British Columbia, the Arctic and to a smaller extend, and central Quebec. More than 4,000 earthquakes occur in Canada every year. The western regions are the most seismically active region in Canada. More than 100 earthquakes with a magnitude of 5 or more have occured in Canada over the past…

Party; (Quebec 's other primary political power), are apposed to the idea of sovereignty thus creating a political divide, and such groups as the FLQ. The FLQ is a French terrorist separatist group founded in Quebec during the early 1960 's-70s. Many federal politicians including Pierre Trudeau encouraged Quebeckers to vote against the PQ proposal of sovereignty with a promise of “renewed federalism”, which later became the constitution act of 1982. The proposition of sovereignty had lost its…

As his government had fallen again, I approached the new governor general, Lord Monck, and obtained a dissolution. Before I could act on it, I was approached by Brown through intermediaries; the Grit leader felt that the crisis gave the parties the opportunity to join together for constitutional reform. Brown had led a parliamentary committee on confederation among the British North American colonies, which had reported back just before the Taché-Macdonald government fell. Brown was more…

imported goods, they would not be affordable and for people and companies to purchase. Secondly, Macdonald’s accomplishment was when he formed Canada into one country. He had a very big part in Confederation between Upper Canada, Lower Canada and the Maritimes because he was the one who initially had the idea and did not want Canada segregated anymore (Waite PARA 1). He was able to convince the other leaders of the different unions to meet in Charlottetown, PEI to start negotiating on how to…

Representative Democracy is the form of government used in Canada by which all qualified citizens have the right to elect a representative they believe will best represent their ideal rulers for the country. However, votes are not part of the Canadian political system. Long time ago, Canada’s government only had three referendums which are prohibition, conscription, and whether to accept the Charlottetown Accord, but then Canada’s voting system was not made this way. An electoral system is the…

At the Atlantic Canada there have four province there are Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. At Atlantic Canada the capital city is St John's ,Charlottetown, Halifax and Fredericton. The easterly point in North America and has its time zone that is Newfoundland and Labrador. It is the oldest colony of the British Empire and has a unique heritage linked to the sea. The natural beauty that attract so many of tourist come and visit. Newfoundland and…

trunk of a car and the FLQ members in charge of leading this crime escaped to Cuba. Eventually the leaders of the FLQ were arrested for committing murder. During the Quiet Revolution, French-Canada’s resentment towards English-Canada grew, in turn creating the terrorist group FLQ, who caused Canadian citizens their rights and freedoms. French-English relations changed negatively during the October Crisis and the Quiet Revolution causing a big mark in 20th century Canada. As tensions rose…

led to the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, but this did not end Mulroney’s determined fight to bring Québec into the Canadian constitutional family and still please all the other provinces. In 1992, he tried again. This time, it was the Charlottetown Accord through which the Prime Minister of Canada tried to get support for a new constitutional package. After several conferences, the English-speaking premiers, territorial leaders, Aboriginal leaders, and the Prime Minister agreed to the…