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Oct 1, 2021 · On June 5, 2021, Bill C-5, which created a statutory holiday to commemorate the legacy of residential schools in Canada, received royal assent after passing unanimously in the Senate. The decision ...
- Private Member's Bill
The proposed holiday is "a good thing," according to Janet...
- Private Member's Bill
Sep 22, 2021 · The NAC Foundation raises funds to support the National Arts Centre’s work in performance, creation and learning across Canada. Enriching the lives of Canadians through the performing arts and championing our country’s artists, students and educators. Learn how you can support the performing arts in Canada.
Sep 30, 2023 · Called "E yeti ya da nohs da:t Ogwak sa dah," in Cayuga language, meaning "Lifting Up Our Children," the now-annual event, marking the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, is put on by the HRIC.
- Reasons For Confederation
- The Great Coalition
- Charlottetown Conference
- Fathers of Confederation
- Mothers of Confederation
- Québec Conference
- Confederation, 1867
- Indigenous Perspectives
- The Dominion Grows
American Annexation The creation of a huge United States army during the American Civil War (1861–65), combined with Britain’s desire to reduce its financial and military obligations to its colonies in North America, boosted fears of American annexation. Canadian expansionism was considered by some as a pre-emptive action to reduce the chances that...
In the early 1860s, the politics of the Province of Canadawere marked by instability and deadlock, a result of the union of Upper and Lower Canadasome 20 years earlier. The Great Coalitionof 1864 united George Brown’s Reformers, John A. Macdonald’s Liberal Conservatives in Canada West, and George-Étienne Cartier ’s bleusin Canada East, in support o...
The Charlottetown Conferenceof September 1864 set Confederationin motion. The meeting brought together delegates from New Brunswick , Nova Scotiaand Prince Edward Islandto discuss the union of their three provinces. However, they were persuaded by the Great Coalitionfrom the Province of Canada — not originally on the guest list — to work for the un...
The 36 men traditionally regarded as the Fathers of Confederationwere those who represented British North American colonies at one or more of the conferences that led to Confederation. The subject of who should be included among the Fathers of Confederation has been a matter of some debate. The definition can be expanded to include those who were i...
The wives and daughters of the original 36 men have also been described as the Mothers of Confederation for their role in the social gatherings that were a vital part of the Charlottetown, Québec and London Conferences. Official records of the 1864 Charlottetownand Québec Conferencesare sparse. But historians have been able to flesh out the social ...
Delegates gathered in Québec Cityto continue discussions started the previous month in Charlottetown. The broad decisions of Charlottetownwere refined and focused into 72 resolutions, which became the basis of Confederation. Among the most important issues decided in Québec were the composition of Parliament and the distribution of powersbetween th...
Worried about the cost of defending Britain’s North American colonies against potential US aggression, British Colonial Secretary Edward Cardwell was a strong supporter of Confederation. He instructed his governors in North America in the strongest language possible, to promote the idea, which they did. The London Conference, from December 1866 to ...
Indigenous peoples were not invited to or represented at the Charlottetown and Québec Conferences, even though they had established what they believed to be bilateral (nation-to-nation) relationships and commitments with the Crownthrough historic treaties. Paternalistic views about Indigenous peoples effectively left Canada’s first peoples out of t...
British policy favoring the union of all of British North America continued under Cardwell’s successors. The Hudson’s Bay Company sold Rupert’s Landto Canada in 1870, and the young country expanded with the addition of Manitobaand the North-West Territorythat same year. British Columbiawas brought into Confederation in 1871 and PEI in 1873. Yukonwa...
It wasn’t until 1980, 100 years after its premiere that O Canada became the official anthem, according to Ottawa’s National Anthem Act. Story continues below advertisement. God Save the Queen ...
Jan 4, 2024 · A list of international days and weeks recognized by the United Nations, highlighting global observances.
Sep 22, 2013 · The Canadians were invited to submit their own proposals for a union of the BNA colonies. The idea of a united country quickly took over. (See also: The Charlottetown Conference of 1864: The Persuasive Power of Champagne.) Quebec Conference. A month later, the colonies called a second meeting to discuss Confederation.
