A Short History of the Canadian PeopleS. Low, Marston, 1914 - 621 pages History of Canada from its discovery to 1913. |
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Page 579 - In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education, subject and according to the following provisions : 1. Nothing in any such law shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which any class of persons have by law in the Province at the Union ; 2.
Page 579 - ... as far only as the circumstances of each case require, the Parliament of Canada may make remedial laws for the due execution of the provisions of this section, and of any decision of the Governor General in Council under this section.
Page 578 - The establishment, maintenance, and management of public and reformatory prisons in and for the Province. 7. The establishment, maintenance, and management of hospitals, asylums, charities, and eleemosynary institutions in and for the Province, other than marine hospitals.
Page 577 - Property 2 The Regulation of Trade and Commerce 3 The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation. 4 The borrowing of Money on the Public Credit. 5 Postal Service. 6 The Census and Statistics. 7 Militia, Military and Naval Service, and Defence. 8 The fixing of and providing for the Salaries and Allowances of Civil and other Officers of the Government of Canada.
Page 571 - WHEREAS the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick have expressed their desire to be federally united into one Dominion under the Crown of the United Kingdom...
Page 201 - These are the gardens of the Desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — The Prairies. I behold them for the first, ; And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness.
Page 577 - Banks. 17. Weights and Measures. 18. Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes. 19. Interest. 20. Legal Tender. 21. Bankruptcy and Insolvency. 22. Patents of Invention and Discovery. 23. Copyrights. 24. Indians and Lands reserved for the Indians.
Page 578 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of two or more of the Provinces.
Page 578 - In each province the legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to matters coming within the classes of subjects next hereinafter enumerated, that is to say : — (1) The amendment from time to time, notwithstanding anything in this act, of the constitution of the province, except as regards the office of lieutenant-governor. (2) Direct taxation within the province in order to the raising of a revenue for provincial purposes.
Page 454 - Her open eyes desire the truth. The wisdom of a thousand years Is in them. May perpetual youth Keep dry their light from tears ; That her fair form may stand and shine, Make bright our days and light our dreams, Turning to scorn with lips divine The falsehood of extremes...