POLB50Y3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Judicial Independence, Battle Of The Plains Of Abraham, Charlottetown Conference
16 Dec 2014
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Canada quebec act: provided for a new set of gov"t institutions, est. a council to advise the governor of the colony, roman catholics were allowed freedom of religion and could be appointed to the council, colony combined french civil law and british criminal law. A locally elected assembly: lower canada: the appointed council were primarily composed of anglophones and the assembly of francophones, upper canada: the ca1791 provided for british civil law, not french. 1839: durham report: provided a blueprint for solving the problems of assembly executive relations: recommended that the principle of responsible govt be implemented with respect to local affairs so that the executive branch would govern only as long as it retained the confidence of the elected assembly, outlined a division of powers between local and imperial authorities, also recommended that upper and lower canada be united into one single colony of canada (last attempt to assimilate french)
