Category: Newspapers

The New Nation, Vol. I, No. 2 (14 January 1870)

Document Information Date: 1870-01-14 By: The New Nation Citation:[Winnipeg] The New Nation (14 January 1870). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

The New Nation, Vol. I, No. 1 (7 January 1870)

Document Information Date: 1870-01-07 By: The New Nation Citation:[Winnipeg] The New Nation (7 January 1870). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: Page 2 is missing. Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.

“Affairs in Ottawa,” The Globe (16 March 1868)

Document Information Date: 1868-03-16 By: The Globe Citation: “Affairs in Ottawa,” The Globe (16 March 1868). Other formats: n/a Affairs in Ottawa […] Ottawa, 13th March. […] Mr. Benson’s appointment to the vacant Senatorship gives considerable satisfaction to the Upper Canada Reformers here—although many of them would have preferred that Mr. Bennet should have had it, as an old and staunch member of the reform party, who was much longer a Legislative Councillor than Mr. Benson. But his time will come doubtless, ere long. McDougall and Howland are disgusted at… Read more “Affairs in Ottawa,” The Globe (16 March 1868)

“The Local Constitutions”, The Globe (3 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-09-03 By: The Globe Citation: “The Local Constitutions”, The Globe [Toronto] (3 August 1866). Other formats: THE LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. The House then resumed the consideration of the resolution on the subject of the Local Governments and Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. Hon. Mr. BROWN said that with regard to some of these resolutions, there might be grave doubts whether the course proposed by the Government was the best, and it was to be regretted that they had received so little discussion, seeing that we had reached… Read more “The Local Constitutions”, The Globe (3 August 1866)

“The Local Constitutions”, The Globe (2 August 1866)

Document Information Date: 1866-09-02 By: The Globe Citation: “The Local Constitutions”, The Globe [Toronto] (2 August 1866). Other formats: THE LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. The House resumed the adjourned debate on the resolutions on the subject of the Local Governments and Legislatures of Upper and Lower Canada. Atty.-Gen. MACDONALD stated that the discussion would be held with the Speaker in the chair, but that each member might speak as often as he pleased, the same as in Committee of the Whole, and that after the resolutions had been read a first time,… Read more “The Local Constitutions”, The Globe (2 August 1866)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (1 August 1866)

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)

Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (31 July 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)

Province of Canada, Legislative Council, 8th Parl, 5th Sess [The Globe] (17 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)