POLSCI 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Big Country
17 Oct 2016
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!1: decentralizing and centralizing government at the same time, if we put a strong constitution in which this type go government, that we would always have something to fall back on. Canada is very decentralized: the road to full sovereignty and independence, 1867- became a dominion, not yet a country. , where all colonies have their own power expect for canada: 1933 or 1949 when we nally got our own legal authority, 1982 where canada gained power to mend its own constitution, the continuing contradiction. Canada at confederation: cleavages, population/regionalism, religion, labour/habitation. Population/regionalism: dominance of upper canada/ontario, we have lost the thought of how dominant upper canada was becoming in 1867, the other three provinces wanted to build a mechanism to offset the power of ontario, bicameral legislation. Ethnicity and religion: population, total population 3,463,000, born in canada 2,616,000, others- french, english, welsh, scottish and irish, religion, 45% of population was roman catholic, 55% of population was protestant.
