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Canada's Founding Debates is set Confederation—about the method that introduced jointly six out of the seven territories of British North the USA within the years 1864-73 to shape a rustic referred to as Canada. It offers excerpts from the debates on Confederation in all the colonial parliaments from Newfoundland to British Columbia and within the constituent meeting of the crimson River Colony. The voices of the strong and people of lesser notice mingle in impassioned debate at the professionals and cons of making or becoming a member of the recent nation, and in defining its nature.
In brief explanatory essays and provocative annotations, the editors comic strip the old context of the debates and draw out the importance of what was once acknowledged. via organizing the debates thematically, they carry out the intensity of the founders' hindrance for matters which are as important this present day as they have been then: the that means of liberty, the advantages of democracy, the easiest kind of self-government, the strain among collective and person rights, the rule of thumb of legislations, the necessities of political management, and, in fact, the character of Canadian nationality. Canada's Founding Debates bargains a clean and sometimes outstanding standpoint on Canada's origins, historical past, and political character.
Previous released by way of Stoddart Publishing, 1999.
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For the belief that Canada is disposed to do us justice. She has shown a disposition, a willingness, a readiness to do us justice. ) It would seem that at the first the Canadian government forgot to speak to us of certain of our rights. But later events refreshed their memory and caused them to recollect what they were willing to do for us. [W]e must not allow the rights of the people to be jeopardized by our mode of treating them at this meeting. We are to be firm. ) We are to stand as a rock in defence of the rights and liberties of the country.
If you have responsible government it will fall into the hands of those who wish to make a living by it. No one has said that it would be economical — it would not be so. It would require at least thirty members. * You would find that the best men would avoid politics, and soon there would be very great corruption. A. Walkem: The honourable member (for New Westminster) [John Robson] says that responsible government is a principle which may be applied either to the Great Eastern or to a dairy churn, or to a lady's watch; that it is a principle capable of being carried out by three, or three hundred.
I utterly refuse to think so meanly of this people. We have seen that even the half-breeds of Red River have too much * From 1856 until its union with British Columbia ten years later, the colony of Vancouver Island had a representative legislature, but not responsible government. Robson refers to the legislature's irresponsible conduct during the fiscal crisis of1865-66, — PR — 34 — RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT "The people know best how to manage their own local affairs. " of the old blood in their veins to permit a fancied political wrong.