Responsible government in the Dominions: Responsible government in the Dominions

Responsible government in the Dominions (Vol. 2)

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Press

Year of publication:: 1912-

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Identifikator:: 1896935052

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-238139

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Author:: Keith, Arthur Berriedale http://d-nb.info/gnd/119086794

Title:: Responsible government in the Dominions

Volume count:: Vol. 2

Place of publication:: Oxford

Publisher:: Clarendon Pr.

Year of publication:: 1912

Scope:: XI Seiten, Seiten 570-1100

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Title:: Part IV. The federations and the union // Chapter I. The dominion of Canada

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CHAP, 1] THE DOMINION OF CANADA 691 their powers, and that disallowance would be completely contrary to the rights of the province. The Dominion Minister of Justice, however, recognized that the Act did not trench upon the legal rights of the Roman Catholics, and that though, by practice, in schools, which were legally unde- nominational, unauthorized textbooks had been introduced by Catholic teachers, still no legal right had been estab- lished, and the validity of the Act or the power of the Dominion to accord remedial measures never got into the Courts,! But in Manitoba the case was very different, and its importance may be gauged by the fact that it cost the Federal Ministry of the day the victory at the general election of 1896, their opponents going to the country on the cry of provincial rights. In 1870, when Manitoba was formed Into a province of the Dominion, there had been no legally established system of education in the country at all ; there were only denominational schools supported by the denomi- nations to which they belonged. It was therefore provided in the Act (33 Vict. c. 3, s. 22) constituting the province that the provincial powers should in education matters be placed upon the same basis as in the British North America Act, but safeguarding the rights possessed at union by practice a8 well as those by law. Moreover, in accordance with the Same policy the French language was given an official status a8 in the Dominion Parliament and in Quebec, but in 1890 this legislation was reversed by the Provincial Parliament.? In 1871 the situation as regards the schools was changed by the passing of legislation under which an Education Department, was set up, half Protestant and half Catholic, and funds were allocated in equal proportions to the Roman Catholics and to other denominations for the support of their schools, while in each district the denominations could have separate schools to which alone thev contributed. * Prince Edward Island House of Assembly Journals, 1878, p. 2 and APP. A; Provincial Legislation, 1867-95, pp. 1184-99. * In 1891 the North-West Territories were allowed to follow suit, if it were considered desirable: see Canadian Annual Review, 1905. p 105. [z i)

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