Die Lehren des Marxismus im Lichte der russischen Revolution

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Identifikator:: 174739971X

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-125215

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: La réforme syndicale en Italie

Place of publication:: Rome

Publisher:: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: 207 Seiten

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Title:: VII. Rapport de la commission du sénat

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748 THE FEDERATIONS AND THE UNION [PART Iv The Act of 1908 (c. 22) was stated in the Legislature to effect this purpose, and its intention seems to have been clear, but its wording was not, and one mayor declined to sign the contract passed by the Council of Galt, An action was brought to compel him to sign, but it was then held that the Act did not suffice to render it unnecessary for the ratification of the ratepayers to be extended to such a contract, and actions were brought against the cities of Toronto and London to restrain the Municipal Councils from entering into an agreement with the Commission. The fact was, of course, that the existing companies were not at all anxious to see this rival interfering in the electric supply business. The municipalities petitioned the Legislature, and in the result an Act (9 Edw. VII. ¢. 19) was passed to validate the contracts made, though not confirmed by submission to the rate- payers. Requests were made for disallowance, but the Government of Ontario drew up a learned memorial which it sent to the Governor-General in December 1909. After reciting the facts and dealing with supposed objections to the constitutionality of the legislation, the memorial ends :—1 Finally the people of Ontario take their position on the positive and unshaken foundation formed by the British North America Act and the decisions which have been indicated, and in agreement with the principle laid down by the present Minister of Justice in fhe report and speech herein above quoted, and respectfully submit that for up- wards of two hundred years the Lords and Commons of Great Britain have legislated without fear of the royal veto, although its existence has been undoubted, and therefore, in full accord with the spirit and genius of British Institu- * There have been of recent years constant complaints of Dominion interference—the provincial authority is asserting itself and increasing ; the Inter-provincial Conference of 1887 demanded the abolition of the Dominion veto power; cf. Sir W. Laurier in New South Wales Parlia- mentary Debates, 1910, Sess, 2, P- 714, and the total refusal of the Dominion Government in the negotiations in 1910 and 1911 with the United States to attempt any interference with Ontario and Quebec legislation forbidding the export of pulp wood. Cf. also Provincial Legislation, 1899-1900, PP. 17 seq. ; House of Commons Debates, 1910-11, DP. 3390: the Quebec view. Canadian Annual Review, 1905, p. 314.

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