POL336Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Responsible Government, The Maritimes, Advantageous
15 Nov 2017
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Ontario and confederation: ontario: led into confederation by ontario liberal party (dominant party in canada west pre-1867) Ontario liberals developed an analysis of federalism & democracy which guided ontario govts. for decades after confederation [note: this very analysis still influences how. Review from last week: province of canada (pre-1867): dominant party in canada west (ontario) was liberal party, but rarely participated in govt, john a. Conservative party: formed govt. by winning big in canada east and his government only had minority of seats from canada west: ontario liberals perspective: meant govt. influenced by french catholics exercised control over ontario"s affairs. Developed a small l" liberal agenda > demanded true representation by population, which would enable english to swamp french in legislature [reference: 1851 census] Mainly protestant party: strong undertone of religious bigotry in 1850s/ 1860s in ontario (note: liberals regularly denounced french domination of ontario"s affairs: toronto business community: asked for access to good farmland in present-day manitoba.
