Document Information Date: 1869-06-09 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess, 1869 at 675-692. Other formats: Click here to view-4 the original document (PDF). [Page 675] INSOLVENCY LAWS […] Sir John A. Macdonald moved the House into Committee of the Whole on the Act respecting Insolvency. Mr. Harrison in the Chair. Hon. Mr. Abbott moved the first clause of the Bill, which provided that the Act should apply to all persons, traders as well as nontraders, except that in the case of non-traders there… Read more Canada, House of Commons Debates, “Insolvency Laws”, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess (9 June 1869) →
Document Information Date: 1869-05-25 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess, 1869 at 438-439. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). [Page 438] Sir John A. Macdonald agreed with the member for Brome, and said that the Government were anxious to do what they could in this matter. It was at present under consideration. The item was concurred in, and the following items as far as “Commission for making provision for the uniformity of the laws of the Provinces,” which was… Read more Canada, House of Commons Debates, [Uniformity of Laws], 1st Parl, 2nd Sess (25 May 1869) →
Document Information Date: 1869-05-21 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess, 1869 at 432-433. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). [Page 432] The Committeee reserved the item $40,000 to meet the possible amount beyond the average salaries voted. The items under the head Administration of Justice, amounting to $52,000, were also carried; as well as the items under the head of Police $43,440; and under the head Legislation, as far as “Commission for making provisions for the uniformity of the… Read more Canada, House of Commons Debates, [Codification of the Laws], 1st Parl, 2nd Sess (21 May 1869) →
Document Information Date: 1869-04-26 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess, 1869 at 81. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). [Page 81] CODIFICATION COMMISSION Mr. Stirton moved an address for the names of the commissioners or others appointed for the codification of the laws; the salaries to be paid to each person so employed, and the amount already paid and to whom paid. Sir John A. Macdonald said there was to be a commission, not for codifying the laws, but… Read more Canada, House of Commons Debates, “Codification Commission”, 1st Parl, 2nd Sess (26 April 1869) →
Document Information Date: 1868-03-19 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, Senate Debates, 1st Parl, 1st Sess, 1868 at 157. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). [Page 157] ALIEN LAWS AMENDMENT. On motion of Hon. Mr. Campbell, the House went into Committee of the Whole (Hon. Mr. Bureau in the chair), on the above Bill. Hon. Mr. Campbell said that observations had been made both in and out of the House that we had not power to legislate upon the subject. The Legislature of the Province of New… Read more Canada, Senate Debates, “Alien Laws Amendment” & “Divorce Bill”, 1st Parl, 1st Sess, (31 March 1868) →
Document Information Date: 1868-05-19 By: Canada (Parliament) Citation: Canada, Senate Debates, 1st Parl, 1st Sess, 1868 at 124-127. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). [Page 124] THE SENATE Thursday, March 19, 1868 The Speaker took the chair at three o’clock. ALIENS AND NATURALIZATION. Hon. Mr. Campbellin moving a Bill respecting Aliens and Naturalisation, said he apprehended that the general feeling throughout the Dominion was in favour of a more liberal policy upon this subject in New Brunswick than there was in that Province at present. It… Read more Canada, Senate Debates, “Aliens and Naturalization”, 1st Parl, 1st Sess (19 March 1868) →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – H.L. Bill (Floor), n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19665-19711). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). British North America Bill. [H.L.] ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES. —————————— I.—PRELIMINARY. Clause. 1. Short Title. 2. Application of Provisions referring to the Queen. II.—UNION. 3. Declaration of Union. 4. Construction of subsequent Provisions of Act. 5. Four Provinces. 6. Provinces of Ontario and Quebec. 7. Provinces of Nova Scotia and… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – H.L. Bill (Floor) [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, early version, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/1, pp. 19150-19181). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of Government and Legislation, based upon the principles of the… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, early version [n.d.] →