HREQ 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Confederation Bridge, Unthinkable, Oliver Mowat

• School: York University
• Department: Human Rights and Equity Studies
• Course: HREQ 3125
• Professor: James Laxer

Document Summary

At quebec, on october 10, 1864, delegates from canada, new brunswick, nova scotia and. Prince edward island, as well as two observers from newfoundland, began deliberations that were to continue until october 27 to establish the constitution for the proposed british north american union. The overarching issue in contention at quebec was the division of powers between the federal government and the local or provincial governments. For his part, john a. macdonald supported a legislative union that would place the major levers of power in the hands of the central government. George etienne cartier, along with delegates from the maritimes, came down on the side of a federal union in which the provinces would exercise substantial power. For cartier, and other francophone delegates from canada east, the power to be exercised by the future province of quebec was a matter of the greatest importance. Legislative council. (within a few years, the building was to become a post office. )