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Problems with the BNA Act

-No one knew what to do if revisions needed to be made to the Act

-If the Federal and Provincial governments disagreed, action had to be taken by a British court.

People left out...

-Who was left out of Confederation discussions?

Dominion of Canada

Problems with Confederation

-Made up of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick

-Other provinces didn't join until later

London Conference

-BNA Act hotly debated in the colonies

-Passed quietly in British House of Commons

-March 29, 1867 it was signed by Queen Victoria

-Came into effect July 1, 1967

First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples

Enfranchisement Act

Task

-Royal Proclamation had introduced three principles governing relations between these groups and the British Crown

-BNA Act transferred these to the new government without consulting them

Create a short story or comic strip from the point of view of a person who was left out of Confederation discussions. Include:

  • sacrifices that had to be made to be a Canadian citizen (6 marks)
  • how it affected you and your family (4 marks)
  • other consequences such as how it affected future generations, relationships with others, etc. (5 marks)

On the back of your comic or story, please answer the following question: (5 marks)

  • “Do you think that we, as Canadians, are doing a better job now of including First Nations, Metis, Inuit, women, and many other discriminated groups in decision making in Canada?”

-The Act was the government's way of trying to control First Nations people and to assimilate them into European culture.

  • Individual land ownership vs. shared land
  • Loss of First Nations identity
  • Plot of land given, but could not sell it
  • Reserves had to adopt European style government
  • Only men allowed to vote
  • First Nations women who married non-First Nations men would lose status.

Women

-Women were not included in any of the conferences or discussions

-They didn't have the right to vote until 1916 (4 provinces)

-1921 all white women could vote and the first woman was elected to the House of Commons

-Women of color (including Chinese, Japanese, East Indian): late 1940s

-Aboriginal women: 1960

Problems with Confederation

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