POL336Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Westminster System, Manitoba Act, Edward Blake
15 Nov 2017
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Pol336 lecture 6: local autonomy and fight for westminster model (part 2) The boundary dispute: before confederation: boundary between old province of canada (pre-1867) and hbc (hudson"s bay company) to north + west = never clear, federal government: acquired the hbc"s lands at confederation > manitoba established in. 1870, boundary between new province + ontario = needed de nition. Huge territory: likely to be rich in minerals + ability to attract waves of immigrants. Under bna act: natural resources on provincially owned land = major source of government income for provincial governments > [ontario wanted their borders extended to cover territory] Manitoba and ontario. (the district was part of the parcel of land turned over by the hbc) Premier mowat advantage: liberals formed the government in ottawa in 1873, after the paci c scandal forced sir john a to resign > mowat"s old comrade, edward. Blake, was the new liberal minister of justice and was from toronto.
