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- After the Glorious Revolution in 1689, the sovereigns had their powers constrained by the tenets of constitutional monarchy and responsible government, thereby having less, and then no say in colonization, or policy, in general, the Crown coming to function as the guarantor of Canada's continuous and stable governance and as a nonpartisan safeguard against the abuse of power.
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Oct 31, 2019 · At Confederation, political leaders decided to remain a constitutional monarchy. According to the Constitution Act , 1867 , “The Executive Government and Authority of and over Canada is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen .”
Feb 7, 2006 · Under the leadership of the first federal prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and his chief Québec colleague, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, the Conservative Party — almost permanently in office until 1896 — committed itself to the expansionist National Policy.
Concurrent with constitutional developments, the Canadian colonies of France were, via war and treaties through the 18th century, ceded to King George III; four colonies were confederated by Queen Victoria in 1867 to form the Dominion of Canada, with other colonies and territories joining over the decades up to 1949; and Canada became a fully in...
In 1689, King William III and Queen Mary II accepted the Bill of Rights. From then on, modern monarchism in Canada consisted of support and advocacy for a constitutional monarchy rather than other forms of monarchical government.
During the negotiations for Confederation in the 1860s, one point was uncontested by the British North American delegates, including those from French-speaking Canada: the new country, the dominion of Canada, would be a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Victoria continuing as Sovereign.
Still, the King remains the sovereign of Canada. [n 10] [185] Canada's monarchy was established at Confederation, when its executive government and authority were declared, in section 9 of the Constitution Act, 1867, to continue and be vested in the monarch.
The constitutional history of Canada begins with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded most of New France to Great Britain. Canada was the colony along the St Lawrence River, part of present-day Ontario and Quebec. Its government underwent many structural changes over the following century.
