Category: Province of Canada Debates

The Confederation Debates (1865-66): Index (2019)

General Index: including subjects, speakers, legislation, places, people (2019) Appendix A: Index of passages listed by citation in the Canadian courts (2019) Appendix B: Index of passages listed by relevance to particular resolutions in the Quebec Resolutions  (2019) Appendix C: Index of passages listed by relevance to particular sections of the Constitution Act, 1867 (2019)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Repeal of the Union (21 July 1858)

Document Information Date: 1858-07-21 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, The Globe (23 July 1858). Other formats: Provincial Parliament. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. (Report for the Globe) WEDNESDAY, July 21. REPEAL OF THE UNION.—Continued. Mr. McGEE said he did not believe that grievances existed sufficient to justify the Repeal of the Union, and he should, therefore, feel it his duty to vote against the motion. But a state of feeling existed in the Province which, if it could not be remedied by timely concessions, would of itself… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Repeal of the Union (21 July 1858)

Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Scrapbook Debates [Prorogation], 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (15 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-08-15 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 92-94. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Province of Canada’s Confederation Debates for 1866. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Wednesday, August 15, 1866 Then the Honourable the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly addressed His Excellency… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, Scrapbook Debates [Prorogation], 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (15 August 1866)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (14 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-08-14 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 90-92. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Province of Canada’s Confederation Debates for 1866. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Tuesday, August 14, 1866 Luther Holton [Chateauguay] desired to ask the government regarding the deputation to… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (14 August 1866)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (13 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-08-13 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 88-90. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Province of Canada’s Confederation Debates for 1866. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Monday, August 13, 1866 George-Étienne Cartier [Montreal East, Attorney-General East] moved The second reading of the… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (13 August 1866)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (11 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-08-11 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 87-88. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: All endnotes come from our recent publication, Charles Dumais & Michael Scott (ed.), The Confederation Debates in the Province of Canada (CCF, 2022). Click here to view the rest of the Province of Canada’s Confederation Debates for 1866. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Saturday, August 11, 1866 John A. Macdonald [Kingston, Attorney-General West and Minister of Militia] moved The… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (11 August 1866)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly [Local Constitutions, Montreal Gazette Version] (11 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-08-11 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), Montreal Gazette Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, Montreal Gazette (13 August 1866). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). LATEST FROM OTTAWA (Reported for and telegraphed to the Montreal Gazette.) OTTAWA, Aug. 11 On the Orders being called, the Atty Gen East proposed proceeding with bills in the hands of Ministers. Messrs. Brown and Holton protested against delay in proceeding with the local constitution, for the dis-cussion of which this session had been specially called; yet that discussion was postponed… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly [Local Constitutions, Montreal Gazette Version] (11 August 1866)