HST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Corn Laws, Joseph Howe, Responsible Government
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1848 the 2 canada"s and nova scotia get responsible government. The cabinet, which is the assembly has the power only if it has majority. Lecture 10: only stayed 5 months in government, 1989 the report came out, died in 1840, most famise report in canadian history, in lower canada the governor is attacked by assembly, out of quebec there is no government. No decisions are being made: in upper canada, fancis bonhead. Makes assembly that doesn"t represent the ppl: the majority the ppl not getting what they want, durham said that in lower canada the french is majority therefore should have the power. However the family compact is in the way: robert baldwin was in the minority and durham got many of his info from him, durham recommended to give the ppl power, but don"t give the french power. Which is weird since the french is majority.
