POG 110 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Quebec, Senate Of Canada
12 Oct 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
POG 110
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
POG110
Seminar 1
TA: Nick Zebryk
nzebry[email protected]
What the Durham report is?
Who is he?
Why did he come to Canada?
Sum the Durham report
The Durham report was created to implement a responsible government where advisors are no
longer appointed and will be drawn from the elected assembly, division of power between local
and imperial authorities so that decision making power is divided between colonies and
authorities
He also wanted to merge upper and lower Canada so that the debt of upper Canada can be paid
off with the help of lower Canada and he also wanted to assimilate Francophones into
Anglophones
Lord Durham is a British politician sent to Canada to investigate the causes of the rebellions of
upper and lower Canada 1838
British governor- responsible government
Main reasons for confederation
- Economic- 1846 no tariffs for Canadian goods going to Britain so US would export
goods through Canada but
- Political- pre-confederation- double majority rule after confederation easier to pass laws
- Military-
4 Visions of Canada
- Vision of Canada is competing views of what Canada is and should be and why it acts the
way it does
Vision #4
- Canada as an overarching national community
- Implication: emphasis of being Canadian
Vision #3
- Multicultural- more than just French and English Canadians
- Multinational vs. multicultural
- Multinational- idea that there are 3 major bodies with power in Canada- French, English
and Aboriginal
Vision #1
- Canada as a compact of provinces
- Implication: decentralization
Vision #2
- Canada is made up of French Canada and English Canada
Document Summary
He also wanted to merge upper and lower canada so that the debt of upper canada can be paid off with the help of lower canada and he also wanted to assimilate francophones into. Lord durham is a british politician sent to canada to investigate the causes of the rebellions of upper and lower canada 1838. Economic- 1846 no tariffs for canadian goods going to britain so us would export goods through canada but. Political- pre-confederation- double majority rule after confederation easier to pass laws. Vision of canada is competing views of what canada is and should be and why it acts the way it does. Multicultural- more than just french and english canadians. Multinational- idea that there are 3 major bodies with power in canada- french, english and aboriginal. Canada is made up of french canada and english canada. Research paper: 25% (due march 19 or 26) Competing views of what canada is and should be.
