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 English Governor General of Canada
This arrangement continued after the establishment of the Dominion of Canada in 1867; the Governor General and Lieutenant-Governors remained symbolic representatives of the Crown and of the British Government, while actual political power was vested in the Prime Minister of Canada and in the premiers, at the federal and provincial levels respectively.
If the Governor General dies or leaves the country for more than one month, the Chief Justice of Canada (or, if that position is vacant, the senior Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada) serves as Administrator of the Government of Canada, and exercises all powers of the Governor General.
The Governor General's flag is a blue flag bearing a crowned lion holding a red maple leaf in its paw; the design was adopted in 1981.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Catholicity in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The chief spirit of this coalition was a certain Witzius Ryland, secretary to the governors of Canada from 1790 to 1812.
To this governor Canada is indebted for her religious liberty, plainly granted in an act of 1851 issued by the King of Great Britain and published in the Canadian press, 1 June 1852.
The real missions of Canada at present are in the North-East, along the coast of Labrador; in the North on the shores of Hudson Bay; and especially in the North-West, in the immense territories which stretch from Ontario to Lower Mackenzie and Alaska.
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 Canada in the Making - Glossary
Governor General Viscount Byng asked Arthur Meighen, to form a new government as his party (the Conservative Party) held the most seats in the House of Commons.
Canada's most famous charter company is Hudson's Bay Company, which in 1670 was given a monopoly on the fur trade in the vast area making up the watershed of the Hudson's Bay.
Canada's third oldest ethnic group after the English and French, Germans form the backbone of Canada's Mennonite and Hutterite communities.
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 Canada - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Canada is a federation of 10 provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—and three territories—Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm which formally recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada.
Canada stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.
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 United States - QuickSeek Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
It is bordered on the north by Canada and to the south by Mexico.
The United States shares land borders with Canada (to the north) and Mexico (to the south), and territorial water boundaries with Canada, Russia, the Bahamas, and numerous smaller nations.
Forty-eight of the states are in the single region between Canada and Mexico; this group is referred to, with varying precision and formality, as the continental or contiguous United States, sometimes abbreviated CONUS, and as the Lower 48.
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 PAPINEAU, LOUIS JOSEPH... - Online Information article about PAPINEAU, LOUIS JOSEPH...
bar of Lower Canada on the 19th of May 18 to.
March 1837 the governor was authorized to reject the demand for constitutional reform and to apply public funds in his See also:
amnesty was granted to those who had participated in the rebellion in Canada; and, although in June 1838 Lord Durham had issued a proclamation threatening Papineau with death if he returned to Canada, he was now admitted to the benefit of the amnesty.
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