British North America at confederation : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Report (Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations)
contributor: Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations
creator: Creighton, Donald Grant, 1902-1979
issued: 2019-06-24
issued: 1939
description: "(v. 1 of appendix: 36 x 39 cm.) At head of title of v. 1 of Report: ... Public accounts inquiry. Chairman: Joseph Sirois. Report in 3 v. (printed in 1940) Appendix 1-[8] in 18 v. (printed in 1938-39) Appendix 1 includes appendix A-H, J-K. Volume 2 includes a short history of the persistent claims of British Columbia for special subsidies and considerations from the federal government. Appendix 2, 'British North America at Confederation,' by Donald G. Creighton, is useful in assessing British Columbia's role in and contributions to the confederation movement. Scattered information, generally in the form of statistical tables, is found throughout the report and its appendices."-- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 194.
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extent: 104 pages : tables ; 30 cm
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note: APPENDIX 2 British North America at Confederation A Study Prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations BY D. G. CREIGHTON J. O. PATENAUDE, I.S.O. PKINTER TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY PART I Economic and Social Conditions Section I. Introductory II. External Influences in the Development of the British North America III. The Province of Canada IV. The Maritime Provinces V. The West VI. The Pacific Coast VII. The Relations between the Provinces VIII. The Economic Objectives of Confederation IX. The Division of Economic Powers at Confederation X. The Forces back of Confederation PART II Public Finance XI. Public Finance before Confederation XII. The Financial Settlement of Confederation XIII. First Consequences of the Financial Settlement.. Appendix—Tables BRITISH NORTH AMERICA AT CONFEDERATION EDITORIAL FOREWORD Professor D. G. Creighton of the Department of History at the University of Toronto was retained by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations to make the following study. He was asked to include a review of the forces which brought about and shaped Confederation; an analysis of the economic, social and financial conditions of the period (with particular reference to the clause in the Order in Council appointing the Commission which said "that it is expedient to provide for a re-examination of the economic and financial basis of Confederation and of the distribution of legislative powers in the light of the economic and social developments of the last seventy years"); an interpretation of the economic and' financial clauses of the B.N.A. Act in the light of the conditions and anticipations of that time; and an indication of the nature of the state which the Fathers of Confederation planned. In addition to public sources, Professor Creighton has used a collection of contemporary documents, speeches, memoirs and editorials, and hitherto unpublished compilations of public finance and other statistics made by the Commission…
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has type: Books
identifier: JL20.A1 Append. 2
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0379580
language: English
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publisher: Ottawa : J.O. Patenaude
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subject: Canada--Politics and government
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