Return to an Address of the Honorable House of Commons, Dated 1 June 1869, For, Papers on the Union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada |
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Страница 15 - Union had not been made; subject nevertheless (except with respect to such as are enacted by or exist under Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain, or of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland), to be repealed, abolished, or altered by the Parliament of Canada, or by the Legislature of the respective Province according to the Authority of the Parliament or of that Legislature under this Act.
Страница 14 - To THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. Most Gracious Sovereign, WE, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects the...
Страница 15 - ... 130. Until the parliament of Canada otherwise provides, all officers of the several provinces having duties to discharge in relation to matters other than those coming within the classes of subjects by this act assigned exclusively to the legislatures of the provinces shall be officers of Canada, and shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices under the same liabilities, responsibilities and penalties as if the union had not been made.
Страница 11 - Mountains, it is very desirable that His Excellency be respectfully requested to take such steps, without delay, as may be deemed by him best adapted to insure the admission of British Columbia into the Confederation, on fair and equitable terms...
Страница 5 - Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the 1st of July, 1870.
Страница 30 - August, 18C9, and the 8th of May, 1880. On the former date, while yet the question of confederation had not assumed definite shape, Earl Granville, in a despatch to Governor Musgrave, then recently appointed, says: ' It is evident that the establishment of a British line of communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans is far more feasible by the operations of a single government responsible for the progress of both shores of the continent than oy the bargain negotiated between separate,...
Страница 15 - Except as otherwise provided by this Act, all laws in force in Canada, Nova Scotia, or New Brunswick at the union, and all courts of civil and criminal jurisdiction, and all legal commissions, powers, and authorities, and all officers, judicial, administrative, and ministerial, existing therein at the union, shall continue...
Страница 15 - Council, while confirming their vote of the last session in favour of the general principle of the desirability of the union of this Colony with the Dominion of Canada to accomplish the consolidation of British interests and institutions in North America, are still without sufficient information and experience of the practical working of confederation in the North American Provinces to admit of their defining the terms on which such a union would be advantageous to the local interests of British...
Страница 28 - That this Council, impressed with the conviction that under existing circumstances the Confederation of this colony with the Dominion of Canada would be inadvisable, even if practicable, urge Her Majesty's Government not to take any decisive steps towards the present consummation of such union.
Страница 7 - Governments in the British North America Act. (4) Representation in the Senate and Commons of Canada. (5) Popular representative institutions, insuring responsible control over the Government. (6) The construction of a transcontinental waggon road, from Lake Superior to the head of navigation on the Lower Fraser, within two years after the time of admission. This is regarded as an essential condition. "16. Hereafter we hope to communicate further information. In the meantime we confidently trust...