POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unemployment Benefits, American Civil War, Parliamentary System
8 Aug 2016
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Canada: by joining together canada could sustain an army capable of defending their own land. On july 1st 1867 canada was officially united by the british north america. Act of 1867 later renamed the constitution act of 1867: newfoundland and pei were not a part of canada at the time of signing, they were still colonies of great britain. Federalism unconstitutional unconstitutional: john a macdonald (canada"s first prime minister) wanted the federal government to control almost everything and leave the small tasks to the provincial government, quebec and the maritimes did not like this idea. Quebec wanted to ensure that their language difference as well as education and civil laws were upheld in a. French speaking majority: the maritimes who were now quite far from the new capital of, macdonald eventually decided to leave a lot of decisions in the.
