Canada and Its Provinces: Political evolutionBrook, 1914 - Canada |
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Page 78
... House of Commons and Senate was an encroachment on provincial rights . The upshot was that the lieutenant- governor was dismissed , the cause assigned being that after the vote of the House of Commons in 1879 and of the Senate in 1878 ...
... House of Commons and Senate was an encroachment on provincial rights . The upshot was that the lieutenant- governor was dismissed , the cause assigned being that after the vote of the House of Commons in 1879 and of the Senate in 1878 ...
Page 78
... House of Commons and Senate was an encroachment on provincial rights . The upshot was that the lieutenant- governor was dismissed , the cause assigned being that after the vote of the House of Commons in 1879 and of the Senate in 1878 ...
... House of Commons and Senate was an encroachment on provincial rights . The upshot was that the lieutenant- governor was dismissed , the cause assigned being that after the vote of the House of Commons in 1879 and of the Senate in 1878 ...
Page 88
... House of Commons . But the London Times and the colonial secretary fully admitted the right of the colonies to self - government in fiscal matters . About the end of the year 1879 the country entered upon a period of prosperity which ...
... House of Commons . But the London Times and the colonial secretary fully admitted the right of the colonies to self - government in fiscal matters . About the end of the year 1879 the country entered upon a period of prosperity which ...
Page 210
... house , styled the Senate , and the House of Commons . It is bound , under the provisions of the British North America Act , to hold a session once at least in every year , so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last ...
... house , styled the Senate , and the House of Commons . It is bound , under the provisions of the British North America Act , to hold a session once at least in every year , so that twelve months shall not intervene between the last ...
Page 211
... House of Commons is necessary to constitute a meeting of the house for the exercise of its powers , and for that purpose the speaker is reckoned as a member . The house continues for five years , from the day of the return of the writs ...
... House of Commons is necessary to constitute a meeting of the house for the exercise of its powers , and for that purpose the speaker is reckoned as a member . The house continues for five years , from the day of the return of the writs ...
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Popular passages
Page 213 - Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial purposes.
Page 356 - India, being equally desirous to prevent disputes regarding the use of boundary waters and to settle all questions which are now pending between the United States and the Dominion of Canada involving the rights, obligations, or interests of either in relation to the other or to the inhabitants of the other, along their common frontier, and to make provision for the adjustment and settlement of all such questions as may hereafter arise...
Page 213 - Provinces ; and for greater certainty, but not so as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated, that is to say : — 1.
Page 163 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 248 - Local Works and Undertakings, other than such as are of the following Classes, — a. Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings, connecting the Province, with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province : b.
Page 161 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 163 - In case of bays the three marine miles are to be measured from a straight line drawn across the body of water at the place where it ceases to have the configuration and characteristics of a bay. At all other places the three marine miles are to be measured following the sinuosities of the coast.
Page 220 - And any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section shall not be deemed to come within the Class of Matters of a local or private Nature comprised in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces.
Page 111 - In and for each Province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions: 1) Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the union...
Page 200 - General), and no longer. 51 . On the Completion of the Census in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, and of each subsequent decennial Census, the Representation of the four Provinces shall be readjusted by such Authority, in such Manner, and from such Time...