Government in Upper and Lower Canada

The Rebellion of Upper and Lower Canada mainly occurred because of land issues, government inequality, and irresponsibility to the people. Power was held by a small group of noble elites, they can veto any law that hurts their status. Mainly controlled by wealthy English aristocrats / businessmen,

Most reasons of upper and lower Canada rebelled are similar. Firstly, the chateau clique,the family compact and the Government. The three groups are English. The family compact wanted the government to ignore the problems of the land, and the chateau clique is kinda the same when they raised the taxes of the land but not the business. Secondly, gourlay and the 92 resolutions. The rebellions

government is not the only government that has power; provincial governments have a role in

In Canadian government it best to have legislators who do not vote their own interests and they vote the interests of their constituents. If legislators vote in their own interests they could be going against their own parties or the constituents that voted them in. Even if they know a lot about the subject they should still keep their interests out of their decisions and keep the interests of their constituents. Legislators that vote their own interests might even be going against the party policies, which could get them kicked out of the party or disciplined. Legislators are there to represent the people of their riding, not to vote their own interests in.

Throughout history, First Nations rights and privileges has been a highly controversial subject in Canada, and remains a debatable topic in society, even in the present-day. Whether it has been the controversies surrounding the missing and murdered Indigenous women or the funding of First Nation’s education, concrete results have yet to be achieved. Consequently, the above forces have delayed the restorative process for the First Nations People. That said, the Canadian Government, whether it is the Conservatives or the Liberals, have attempted to take an active approach to aid the Aboriginal community in their healing process. While the Conservative government failed to address the concerns of the First Nations community such as launching a public inquiry for the missing and murdered Indigenous women and raising funds to increase the literacy rate within the Aboriginal community, the Liberal government has acted in accordance with the above requests from the First Nations community. Although the Liberal government has agreed to provide proper funding to further Indigenous education and to launch a public inquiry for missing and murdered Indigenous women, the federal government has failed to acknowledge that to achieve a sense of reconciliation, the First Nations community requires complete self-government.

The colonists had set up their own legislations and believed that they should have the power that Parliament had. Their lives were different than the British and believed that they should rule themselves. But the

The problems that the Province of Canada have been facing before constitution may have just been a blessing in disguise, without these issues, there would be no BNA act, no constitution, an no Canada. There were three main issues at hand; Politics, economy, and the military. The main political problems have to do with the French and

A number of issues plague the current state of Canadian democracy, such as poor voter turnout, the increasing polarization of politics, and even numerous scandals regarding the Senate. Yet, arguably the most important issue in relation to the Canadian electoral process is the debate over whether or not the state should implement electoral reform for federal elections, more specifically replacing the Single Member Plurality system (SMP) with the Mixed Member Proportional system (MMP). Some analysts, like Christopher Kam, defend the SMP system and claim that a number of the issues that are used as the basis for the support of MMP are actually the result of larger forces than simply the electoral format. And, that holding politicians

There were two coalitions in the assembly; one was the Liberal-conservatives from Canada West with the Parti Bleu of Canada East, and the other was the reform party from Canada West with the Parti Rouge from Canada East. Although it’d seem as if having two even groups would make making reforms more fair and used both of the sides’ opinions when making new laws, it didn’t. In fact, if it did anything it made making new reforms/laws even harder. Each group took opposite sides in discussions, leading to political deadlocks. Few changes could be made due to the bitter conflicts between the two groups.

Since Confederation, relations between the Canadian federal government and the native people of Canada have been strained due to the former existence of the Indian Residential School System. Following the passage of the Indian Act, the first residential schools were established across Canada to assimilate indigenous children into Canadian society through the forced adoption of European customs at the expense of their own culture. During its tenure, approximately 150,000 indigenous children were separated from their communities and families, and forcibly enrolled into residential schools where many would be subjected to physical, and psychological abuses. Despite its malicious practices and objective, the residential school system

Starting with the Constitution Act of 1791, Canada was divided into two parts: Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Upper Canada was where the wealthy British, known as the Family Compact, resided. Lower Canada was where the less wealthy French resided. Although Lower Canada had its own branch of government, known as the Legislative Assembly, it had tremendously limited power. After many Canadians voiced their anger towards this circumstance, the Constitution of 1867 was created (Billingsley, 2013). The constitution combined Lower Canada and Upper Canada, and it gave the people much more rights, although it did not actually make Canada an independent country. Canada’s road to independence was, to a large extent, evolutionary and not revolutionary because it was unoriginal and because it took much too long of a time for its changes to be considered revolutionary.

It is known that the Canadian government is separated into three different branches: executive, legislative and finally judicial. The job of the judicial branch is to interpret the law, protect Canadians rights and to solve disputes. Judicial independence simply means that the courts are to be kept completely separate from the other branches so that they are guaranteed to make their own decision based on the law, without outside influences. According to the Justice Institute, judicial independence has three components: security of tenure, financial security and administrative independence.

1. A Municipal government is considered one of the three types of governments practiced in Canada. They form a local council to provide services, facilities, and infrastructure for residents within their city/town. Their main features include nature, taxing power, elected council members and the geographic boundaries.

In a country abundant with natural resources, a bright and competent population, and a kind, revered reputation, the shared thoughts of a well educated and astute leader and one’s cabinet sharing the same characteristics is critical. Our country is based on an multicultural population with differing views and ways of life, considering the the priceless value of the the Canada’s assets, it is imperative that it is handled in the best way possible, and, as time goes on, the ones involved in the control of our country will become more apt, leading to better control of our issues over time. European, Asian, African: all with varying religions, perspectives, ways of being, and all have important roles in our diverse, hard-working country. Ergo, the sharing of thoughts of views when thinking for Canada is imperative. For example, when France put in place a ban on all face/head coverings,

Canada has been an independent nation for over 150 years, so it makes sense that there has been numerous changes in the government, since the government has to reflect its society, and as time changes so does its government. However, some ideologies do not believe it should change in order to keep up with its time. Oxford Dictionary states that the definition of an ideology is “A system of ideas and ideals, especially one which forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.” There are various forms of political ideologies; conservatism and liberalism are being brought up for discussion about what makes conservatives and liberals so different in Canada. Throughout the years, the Canadian government has rotated between liberalism and conservatism, these ideologies share some similarities; however, it can be argued that the significant differences are their political, social, and economic views.