The Makers of Canada Series, 11 tomasWilliam Lawson Grant Oxford University Press, 1926 |
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... opinion , in both Upper and Lower Canada , that only by a federation of the Canadian provinces and more elastic constitutional machinery could the deadlock be broken , and stable conditions of government be re - established . George ...
... opinion , in both Upper and Lower Canada , that only by a federation of the Canadian provinces and more elastic constitutional machinery could the deadlock be broken , and stable conditions of government be re - established . George ...
14 psl.
... opinion . There was no future for united Canada except dissolution , or evolution into some such larger union as the leaders of the Confederation movement proposed . Mr. Brown forced this con- clusion upon the country , and forever took ...
... opinion . There was no future for united Canada except dissolution , or evolution into some such larger union as the leaders of the Confederation movement proposed . Mr. Brown forced this con- clusion upon the country , and forever took ...
21 psl.
... opinion , while he was a thorough journalist in his quick grasp of a situation and profound appreciation of the value of steady , resolute , and aggressive fighting . He never hesitated to risk political loss for a principle or a cause ...
... opinion , while he was a thorough journalist in his quick grasp of a situation and profound appreciation of the value of steady , resolute , and aggressive fighting . He never hesitated to risk political loss for a principle or a cause ...
23 psl.
... opinion , and no need , therefore , of either argument or discussion . . We have already practically seventeen and a half per cent . protection , which the freight and other charges on foreign goods materially increases . Some very ...
... opinion , and no need , therefore , of either argument or discussion . . We have already practically seventeen and a half per cent . protection , which the freight and other charges on foreign goods materially increases . Some very ...
49 psl.
... opinion and freedom of discussion . In 1866 Mr. Laurier's active connection with the Institut ceased in consequence of his removal from Montreal . But he was still to bear the conse- quences of his identification with the society , and ...
... opinion and freedom of discussion . In 1866 Mr. Laurier's active connection with the Institut ceased in consequence of his removal from Montreal . But he was still to bear the conse- quences of his identification with the society , and ...
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Administration amnesty appeal Arthabaska Arthabaskaville authority Bishop Bourget Blake British Columbia Cabinet candidates Cartier Catholic Liberalism Church civil clergy clerical Colonies condemned Confederation Conservative leader Conservative party Constitution construction contest Court curé debate declared Défricheur Dominion Dorion Doutre duties ecclesiastical election electors English established fact favour federal force French Canadians French Liberals George Brown George Cartier Government Guibord half-breeds Hansard honour House of Commons Hudson's Bay Company Huntington influence Institut Canadien issue Joseph Doutre justice land Laurier leadership legislation Legislature Liberal party liberty Lower Canada Mackenzie Mackenzie's Manitoba ment Minister Montreal North-West Ontario opinion opponents organization Ottawa Parlia Parliament political population position priest principles protectionist Protestant Province of Quebec Quebec East question railway Red River Reform religion religious Riel Roman Catholic Sir John Macdonald speech spirit tariff taxation territory tion Toronto trade Ultramontanes union United Upper Canada vote
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204 psl. - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
386 psl. - I am for it, because I hope to see the day when the American flag will float over every square foot of the British North American possessions clear to the north pole!
422 psl. - IT HAS LONG BEEN a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.
71 psl. - Majesty further engages to urge upon the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada and the Legislature of New Brunswick, that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered by the river St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick.
312 psl. - The Prime Minister in view of the well-known desire of a great many Canadians who are ready to take service under such conditions, is of opinion that the moderate expenditure which would thus be involved for the equipment and transportation of such volunteers may readily be undertaken by the government of Canada without summoning parliament, especially as such an expenditure under such circumstances cannot be regarded as a departure from the well known principles of constitutional government and...
326 psl. - It is the land that freemen till, That sober-suited Freedom chose, The land, where girt with friends or foes A man may speak the thing he will...
464 psl. - It could not come then, but it came after the war; it came as the last conquest of that insurrection. And again I say that their country has conquered with their martyrdom, and if we look at that one fact alone there was cause sufficient, independent of all others, to extend mercy to the one who is dead and to those who live.
365 psl. - House will cordially approve of any necessary expenditure designed to promote the speedy organization of a Canadian naval service in cooperation with and in close relation to the Imperial navy...
63 psl. - ... the circulating capital amassed under a more favourable system is dissipated, with none from any quarter to replace it. Thus, without available capital, unable to effect a loan with foreign States, or with the Mother Country — although offering security greatly superior to that which readily obtains money, both...
329 psl. - What we did we did of our own free will, and as to future wars, I have only this to say, that if it should be the will of the people...