--Donald Creighton, Canada's First Century, Wynford Project (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012), 47.
Showing posts with label Canada's First Century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada's First Century. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
The Government of Ontario Was Not Subordinate to the Government of Canada
A struggle between Ottawa and Toronto--between federal paramountcy and provincial rights -- was inevitable. The fury of the constitutional battles which Mowat and Macdonald waged against each other resounded through the early 1880s. Mowat was determined to prove that the government of Ontario was not subordinate to, but co-ordinate with, the government of Canada.
--Donald Creighton, Canada's First Century, Wynford Project (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012), 47.
--Donald Creighton, Canada's First Century, Wynford Project (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012), 47.
The Legal Monkhood of the Bench
Its leader was Oliver Mowat, the Premier of the province of Ontario. Mowat had been one of the original three Liberal members of the Canadian coalition that carried Confederation; but, soon after the conclusion of the Quebec Conference, he resigned to become Vice-Chancellor of Ontario. Eight years later, after the Liberals had gained power in Ontario, he emerged from what Macdonald called 'the legal monkhood of the bench' and succeeded Edward Blake as Premier.
--Donald Creighton, Canada's First Century, Wynford Project (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012), 46.
--Donald Creighton, Canada's First Century, Wynford Project (Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2012), 46.
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