Document Information Date: 1866-08-01 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 67-70*, 71. Other formats: *Pages 67-70 were missing from the Scrapbook Debates and were supplemented by the Ottawa Times edition from August 2, 1866 as it is the source of the Scrapbook Debates. Click here to view the rest of the Province of Canada’s Confederation Debates for 1866. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY. WEDNESDAY, Aug. 1st, 1866. The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. After Routine Business. Mr. Morris introduced… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (1 August 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-31 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 67-70*. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). *Pages 67-70 were missing from the Scrapbook Debates and were supplemented by the Ottawa Times edition from August 1, 1866 as it is the source of the Scrapbook Debates. 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… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (31 July 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-17 By: The Globe, Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, The Globe (18 July 1866). Other formats: Provincial Parliament. (Reported by our own Reporters, and specially Reported for the Globe) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OTTAWA, Tuesday, July 18 [sic—July 17) The Speaker took the chair at 3 o’clock. RIGHTS OF LOWER CANADA MINORITY Hon. Mr. Sanborn inquired if the Government intended to introduce a measure to guarantee to the Protestant minority of Lower Canada their educational rights after Confederation takes place, if such measure will be initiated in… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Council, 8th Parl, 5th Sess [The Globe] (17 July 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-14 By: The Globe Citation: “The Tariff Under Debate”, The Globe [Toronto] (2 August 1866). Other formats: The Tariff Under Debate Mr. Galt can hardly congratulate himself upon the way in which his proposed tariff stood the test of debate. The anxiety of members not to disturb the Government, while Confederation is pending, restrained many of those who disliked his scheme most from voting against it, but no one who had paid attention to the subject under discussion ventured to defend Mr. Galt’s scheme in its integrity.… Read more “The Tariff Under Debate”, The Globe (14 July 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-03 By: The Globe Citation: “Latest From Ottawa: The Local Constitutions of Upper and Lower Canada”, The Globe (3 July 1866). Other formats: Latest from Ottawa. The Local Constitutions of Upper and Lower Canada. GRAND TRUNK AMALGAMATION. (By Telegraph from Our Own Correspondent) OTTAWA, July 3, The following resolutions providing for the Local Governments and Legislatures of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, when the union of the Provinces of British North America is effected, were submitted to the House this evening by Atty.-Gen. Macdonald, and are to… Read more “Latest from Ottawa: The Local Constitutions of Upper and Lower Canada”, The Globe (3 July 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-18 By: The Globe Citation: “Latest From Ottawa”, The Globe (18 June 1866). Other formats: LATEST FROM OTTAWA. Volunteers to be Withdrawn from Frontier—Losses by the Fenian Raids—The Local Constitution—Pointe au Pelee Island—Shrievalty of Sorel—Deputy Judgeship of Huron and Bruce—Insolvents—Central Railway. OTTAWA, June 16. The Government had decided to recall from the frontier service a large portion of the volunteer force. This action is taken with a due regard to the public safety, as well as from motives of economy. Should circumstances require it, the Government is… Read more “Latest From Ottawa”, The Globe (18 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-16 By: The Globe Citation: “From Ottawa”, The Globe (16 June 1866). Other formats: FROM OTTAWA Mr. Brown’s Explanations.—New Volunteer Companies at Montreal.—Dr. Ryerson.—Trade Commissioners’ Report. OTTAWA, Friday, June 15 . Hon. Mr Brown made his explanations this afternoon. There was a large audience in the galleries, who listened with deep interest. The ex-minister and ministers were most courteous to each other. Mr. Brown impressed every one by the sincerity of his manner. His objections to Legislative Reciprocity as against a Treaty, and his position that the… Read more “From Ottawa”, The Globe (16 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-15 By: Province of Canada (Parliament), The Globe Citation: “Provincial Parliament”, The Globe (16 June 1866) & “Provincial Parliament”, The Globe (18 June 1866). Other formats: LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1866[1] HON. MR. BROWN’S RESIGNATION John A. Macdonald [Kingston, Attorney-General West and Minister of Militia] said, before the orders of the day are called, and in accordance with the arrangements of yesterday, I propose to call the attention of the House to the changes that have taken place in the Administration since last session. The explanations,… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, [The Globe version], 8th Parl, 4th Sess (15 June 1866) →