POL224Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cooperative Federalism, Parliamentary System, Quebec Act
17 Sep 2016
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By christopher cochrane, kelly blidook and randy dyck. Brunswick, leaving the french w/ only the small islands of pierre & miquelon. Canada: they were accustomed to elected assemblies so they pressured britain to pass the 1791. Constitutional act - this divided canada into upper & lower canada, giving each a governor, exec & legislative councils & a local assembly mixed w/ anglophones & Quebec) were of cially united on july 1, 1867: this was later renamed the constitution act, 1867, over the upcoming years other parts of what is now canada also gradually joined the country. Congress (the legislative chamber) is made up of representatives of the. Canadian and american federalism: canadian confederation involved fusing of british parliamentary system w/ some aspects of. American federalism: john a macdonald was the leading gure in confederation, he wanted sys. in which the central govt would have most powers but places like quebec.
