Author : H. E. Egerton
Publisher :
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 31,59 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781331382232
Book Description
Excerpt from Canadian Constitutional Development: Shown by Selected Speeches and Despatches, With Introductions and Explanatory Notes In the following pages the attempt is made to trace, from the writings and speeches of those concerned in the work, the development of the Canadian Constitution. The chief Acts of Parliament and Treaties in which the stages of its progress are recorded have been collected in a very handy and useful volume, edited by Mr. William Houston of Toronto; but the dry bones of Acts of Parliament, if they are to be galvanized into life, require the flesh and blood which come from considering the motives and language of their authors. The present collection of speeches and dispatches needs, then, no apology. At a time when the future constitution of the British Empire is generally recognized as one of the most pressing questions awaiting solution, the constitutional evolution of the Dominion of Canada deserves and needs attentive study, while to the ordinary reader the material which should be consulted is by no means ready at hand. To mention three important authorities from which long extracts have been taken, the Report by Sir Henry Cavendish of the Debates in the House of Commons on the Quebec Act is a scarce book, difficult to find except in the British Museum or the library of the Royal Colonial Institute; the Letters and Speeches of the Nova Scotian orator, Joseph Howe, are out of print; and the volume of the Confederation Debates in 1865, in the Canadian legislature, is not easy of access to the English reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.