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- From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
- Subject: Re: Dominion of Canada (was RE: Political power of provinces)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.054228.13579@sq.sq.com>
- Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
- References: <1992Jul23.031511.7088@csi.uottawa.ca> <12370@audetf> <25JUL92.10256618.0078@VM1.MCGILL.CA>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 05:42:28 GMT
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- > > Sorry to disappoint you, but Canada is not a Dominium (i.e., a vassal
- > > state of the British Empire) anymore.
-
- More precisely, "Dominion" ceased to have this implication of subsidiary
- status on December 11, 1931.
-
- > Article 3 of the [1867 constitution] says:
- > "...The Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick shall
- > form and be One Dominion under the Name of Canada;..."
- >
- > Neither of these provisions has ever been repealed (let me remind you
- > that the 1982 repatriation amended but did not repeal the 1867 act)
- > so Canada still is a Dominion.
-
- Right. But it's the Dominion of "Canada", not "the Dominion of Canada":
- Dominion isn't part of the name. It shouldn't even be capitalized in the
- phrase, really, except that it *is* capitalized in the legislation.
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