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POSITIVE: BNA ACT
Wikipedia-Dominion of Canada created
-Parliament of Canada created
-Position of Prime Minister of Canada created
-Four Provincial governments created
-Governor of Canada is now styled "Governor-General"
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Negative: Shoulder To Shoulder
SourcePrime Minister Borden declares war, pledging Canada's support to "The Empire" -
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POSITIVE: The Chanak Crisis
At the time Canada was an independent member of the newly-created League of Nations. Yet Canada had no distinct foreign policy, nor even a foreign affairs minister. British Prime Minister David Lloyd George expected Canada to fall in line with British wishes.
In Ottawa, however, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was non-committal on whether Canada would send troops. On 18 September, King's Cabinet agreed that only Parliament could decide such matters. Conservative Opposition Leader Arth -
POSITIVE: Halibut Treaty
SourceIt was the first treaty negotiated by Canada, independent of Britain. Before this time Canada had always looked to Britain to ratify any international agreements they made. When informed of the treaty, Britain wished to sign the treaty along with Canada, as it had in the past, but Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King resisted. He insisted that the treaty was only a concern between Canada and the United States. Britain eventually acquiesced when Mackenzie King threatened to send in -
POSITIVE: King-Byng Thing
SourceThe King–Byng Affair (sometimes referred to as the King-Byng Thing or the King-Byng Wing Ding[1]) was a Canadian constitutional crisis that occurred in 1926, when the Governor General of Canada, the Lord Byng of Vimy, refused a request by his prime minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, to dissolve parliament and call a general election. -
POSITIVE: Statue Of New Westminster
Source-British Parliament can no longer make laws for Canada.
-Canada can modify or repeal past British-made legislation
-Canada has right to it's own foreign policy.
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POSITIVE: Independently United
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POSITIVE: Suez Crisis
The 1956 Suez Crisis was a military and political confrontation in Egypt that threatened to divide the United States and Great Britain, potentially harming the Western military alliance that had won the Second World War. Lester B. Pearson, who later became prime minister of Canada, won a Nobel Peace Prize for using the world’s first, large-scale United Nations peacekeeping force to de-escalate the situation.
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POSITIVE: Flag of Canada
Canada adopts its own national flag, turfing the Red Ensign and Union Jack. Source -
POSITIVE: Canadian Citizenship Act Revised
-The phrase "A Canadian citizen is a British subject" is removed from passports.
-Canadian Citizenship becomes the only legal form of citizenship in Canada.Source -
POSITIVE: O Canada
"O Canada" is officially adopted as Canada's national anthem, replacing "God Save the Queen." -
POSITIVE: Canada Day
"Dominion Day" is renamed "Canada Day"Source -
POSITIVE: Letters To The General
All letters of credence from foreign ambassadors are now formally addressed to the Governor General of Canada, and not the Queen.Information
