Choosing Canada's Capital: Conflict Resolution In a Parliamentary SystemThis collection of documents, set in a framework of introductory and explanatory comments, vividly portrays the vexatious issue and the disparate sectional tensions it bared. Expanded analysis, illustrations, new documents and maps are provided in this re |
Contents
| 1 | |
THE EARLIER YEARS | 35 |
KINGSTON | 47 |
THE PARIS OF CANADA | 97 |
5 PERAMBULATION AND FRUSTRATION | 129 |
6 STALEMATE AND REFERRAL | 155 |
7 THE CITY MEMORIALS | 199 |
8 THE DECISION FOR OTTAWA | 241 |
9 PARLIAMENT REJECTS OTTAWA | 265 |
10 CRISIS BEFORE PARLIAMENT ACCEPTS OTTAWA | 285 |
11 OTTAWA AS CAPITAL | 329 |
12 CONCLUSION AND REFLECTIONS | 339 |
Endnotes | 347 |
Ridings of the Province of Canada | 379 |
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