HISB41H3 Midterm: Midterm Study Guide
Document Summary
Compact theory which believed that the provinces created confederation, thus should have real authority/power. Committee of the pricy council (jcpc) ruled in favour of the provinces. This weakened the power of the federal government. Mowat was asked to become leader of the federal liberal party, but he refused. Honor mercier: elected premier of quebec in 1887. Canadians and gave them a sense of nationalism. The jesuits estates act (1888) was a move to try and compensate catholic missionaries for the lands taken by the. It was decided that 000 would go to jesuits, catholic universities and churches and 000 would go to protestant schools to ease controversy. Mercier"s biggest rival was dalton mccarthy who wanted an english- In the parliament debate of 1889, mercier convinced the. House of commons to pass the jesuits" estates act with 188 votes and 13 against the act, macdonald called these 13 opposers the devil"s 13.