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Category Archives: History
The Senate of Canada
In this article we are going to explain the role of the Senate of Canada. For anyone familiar with the structure of the British government, the Senate is not unlike The House of Lords. However if you are not familiar … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, The Senate of Canada
Tagged canada, guide, history, house of commons, house of lords, john macdonald, peggy butts, senate
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The Queen’s Privy Council
The Queen’s Privy Council (QPC) is one of Canada’s overarching committees. It should not be confused with the Privy Council Office which you can read about elsewhere on this site, although a member of the PCO is usually President of … Continue reading
Posted in General, History, The Queen's Privy Council
Tagged canada, constitution act 1867, governor, member for life, qpc, queen, queens privy council
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Governmental History – Part Six
This post will finally conclude the six-part, briefly written history of Canada from a political perspective. We tied up the last post by ending post-Second World War and describing how pensions and universal healthcare had been introduced as a result … Continue reading
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Tagged canada government, clarity act, front de liberation du quebec, james cross, kidnap, quebec, separation
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Governmental History – Part Five
In our last article we’d just about reached the turn of the 20th century and Canada had just passed one of the most important milestones of any developing nation – The Criminal Code of Canada. This piece of legislation guaranteed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931, canada, history, political history, statute of westminster, war years
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Governmental History – Part Four
In Part Three we described how The Province of Canada had been formed with the merging of Upper and Lower Canada and how, following the introduction of responsible government there was electoral representation even if not all parties (specifically the … Continue reading
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Tagged canada history, charlottetown, conference, london, mounties, quebec, red river, yukon
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Governmental History – Part Three
In Part Two of our history of the Canadian government, we had just finished discussing the recommendation made by the Durham Report and described how, among various anti-French measures such as combining Upper and Lower Canada into one province so … Continue reading
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Tagged act of union, baldwin, canada east, canada history, canada west, lafontaine, province of canada
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Governmental History – Part Two
In the last article we began explaining the history of Canada, with particular emphasis on the structure of government, beginning with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and the domination of the British Empire and finishing with the Treaty of … Continue reading
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Tagged canada, durham report, history, lower canada, quebec, upper canada
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Governmental History – Part One
It’s easy to find a history of Canada with a few mouse clicks and not-particularly-hard searching but mostly you’ll find an in-depth study dating from the first Paleolithic Indians onwards. I’m just going to explain the more recent history beginning … Continue reading
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Tagged america, british empire, canada, history, treaty of ghent, treaty of paris, war of independence
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