Canadian Constitutional Development, Shown by Selected Speeches and Despatches, with Introductions and Explanatory Notes - Couverture souple
Présentation de l'éditeur
Uowing pages the attempt i Bmade to trace, from the writings and speeches of those concerned in the work, the development of the Canadian Constitution. The chief A cts 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 A cts 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 recognised 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 A ct 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.
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