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Integration Management Class Notes_105269266-UBC-Geog-328-Class-Notes-Constructing-Canada

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Unheroic Beginnings: Canada at Confederation 10/01/2012 16:36:00 ← ← ← ← ← ← ← Not in a war, revolution, exception in North America Much to do with financing of railways Lecture objectives: • To define and map Canadian Confederation • To explore some of the political and economic forces leading to this political compromise • To question the meaning and outcomes of Confederation Defining and Mapping Canada: • An administrative re-organization of the British North American colonies as a Dominion of provinces. o Political units under British imperialism did exist in the mid 18th century o Confederation an attempt to reorganize the relations between previously separate colonies  Under federation (dominion) , while maintaining some autonomy as provinces  Imperial authority recedes, but individual colonies retain some of their authority • A distinctive federal model: aiming to…? o Diff from that in USA, diff balances of authority between fed and regional governments  Differences made deliberately due to perceived weaknesses in the American system, too much authority ceded to state level with too little to the centre (one of the causes of the American civil war, which is happening at the same time as the discussions around confederation and is a key event happening at the time • British North America Act, 1867 outlines separation of powers o Made by British parliament, ceding greater authority to colonies to run some of their own affairs o Imp ...
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