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The Parliament of Canada is the legislative body of the government of Canada. The Parliament is composed of the House of Commons (lower house), the Senate (upper house), and the sovereign, represented by the governor general. Most major legislation originates from the House, as it is the only body that is directly elected.
Statutes of Canada, 1867 to 1872 at Canadiana.org; Acts of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada, 1873 to 1900 at Canadiana.org; Acts of the Parliament (of the Dominion) of Canada, 1901 to 1997 at the Internet Archive; Acts of the Parliament of Canada, 1987 to 2022 at the Government of Canada Publications catalogue.
The Shaping of Peace: Canada and the Search for World Order, 1943-1957 (2 vol. 1982) Granatstein, J. L., ed. Canadian foreign policy : historical readings (1986), excerpts from primary sources and scholars online free; MacMillan, Margaret Olwen, and David S. Sorenson, eds. Canada and NATO: Uneasy past, uncertain future (U of Waterloo Press, 1990).
In an effort to fight termination and force the government into recognizing their outstanding land claims from New York, the three tribes began filing litigation in the 1950s. [61] As a result of a claim filed with the Indian Claims Commission, the group was awarded a settlement of $1,313,472.65 on August 11, 1964. [ 60 ]
If it resigns, the Governor General will ask the leader of the opposition party most likely to enjoy the confidence of the House to form a government; [73] however, for the government to survive and to pass laws, the leader chosen must have the support of the majority of the House, meaning they need the support of the elected members of at ...
In 1960, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government decided to permit all Status Indians to vote in federal elections. Since 1950, Status Indians had been allowed vote on the condition that they gave up their treaty rights and Indian status, defined in the Indian Act as "enfranchisement", or if they had fought in the First or Second World Wars.
The Province of Canada therefore had its first government made up of members taken in the elected House of Assembly. This important change occurred a few months after Governor of Nova Scotia, Sir John Harvey, let James Boyle Uniacke form his own government. Nova Scotia thus became the first colony of the British Empire to have a government ...
1949 – Controversial U.S. labour unionist Hal C. Banks comes to Canada to assist in a labour dispute between rival shipping unions. [39] The Canadian Seamen's Union was red-baited and attacked by Hal C. Banks and others, and replaced by the Seafarers' International Union. By 1950 the Canadian Merchant Navy had no more ships under its control ...