HIST 235 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Biculturalism, Canada Day, Internment Of Japanese Americans
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Led to statute of westminster: 1931 - statute of westminster, britain wouldn"t intervene in canada"s domestic affairs, wanted colonies to have constitutions, canada didn"t complete constitution before 1982 b/c couldn"t agree on amendments, 1949 - jcpc. Supreme court of canada became highest court: 1953 - royal style and titles act. Implemented biculturalism & bilingualism (french & english: adoption of new symbols, canadian governor general, used to be british, now canadian. Switches from english to french governor general: maple leaf flag (1965, 1964 - liberal government decides canada should have new flag, point was to try to make flag that was clearly canadian, george stanley - historian. Looked at flag of royal military college: thought to replace coat of arms w/ maple leaf, neither french nor english (except colours, february 1965 - creation & adoption of maple leaf flag, adopted to house of commons.
