HREQ 3125 Lecture 3: BNA ACT
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The bna act had the following features relevant to providing a framework for english- Both english and french were recognized as official languages in the parliament and courts of the federal government and in the legislature and courts of the province of quebec. The provincial governments were given general responsibility for education. However, the bna act guaranteed the continued existence of the separate roman catholic school-system in ontario and a catholic and a. It also guaranteed denominational schools in other provinces the right to continue to operate as they had at the time of the union. Most important was the re-creation of a separate province of quebec and the principle of federalism. The splitting of the old province of canada into two - quebec and ontario. Meant that french canadians would have overwhelming political control of one of those provinces. The federal government, however, acquired the lion"s share of the powers.