POL214Y1 Lecture : Mar 1 Lecture

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Children of canadian citizens automatically become canadians. An element of self government came to canada when we got responsible government in 1848. People who executed the laws had to have the support of the popularly elected legislature. But canada still wasn"t an independent state. When canada was formed in 1867, it moved along the path of self government. But there were still some things canada could use in an independent country Only changed in 1871, when the statue of westminster was changed. Another aspect of total independence wasn"t there. It wasn"t until 1982 with the constitution that canada could change it"s constitution without the british formally signing off. If canada wanted to change the constitution it had to go to the british. Historically, when it comes to independence canadians haven"t been so concerned with poltiical sovereignty but economic and culture. 1911, 1988, general elections that revolved around one issue: free trade with the us.

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