The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-18

other provinces, it will be another case
Of Equal Rights or Secession.
British Columbia's Grievances. IS
The most westerly province of Cam
ada, British Columbia, which is now
talking secession, has caused Canada
more or less trouble ever since 1T en-
tered confederation. One of the terms !,
upon which it entered confederation
was that the government should con
struct the Canadian Pacific railway, to
give the province railway connection
with eastern Canada, within specified
time. The federal government failed
to make good in that respect; and
in some other respects British Column
bia claimed that the terms which had
been agreed to were not being fulfilled I
or were Of an unsatisfactory character.
This led to serious movement for
political separation from Canada, from
which the province was at that time
almost completely separated geograph-
ically by the intervening mountains,
the unsettled western plains, and the
barren territory north of the great
lakes. The British colonial Office I'M
tervened, and in 1874 Lord Carnarvon
| made certain proposals Tor compro.
/ mise known as the e Carnarvon terms
/ Even these the dominion government
! was dilatory in considering. When LORD
Duferin, the governor general, visited
1 the province on his first viceregal tour
4 Of Canada, he found the people IN
/ state Of revolt One of the arches erect
ed in his honor bore the legend, The
/ Carnarvon Terms or Separation he
1 refused TO pass under it unless they
made a change in one letter, which
i would substitute the word "repara-
! tom, for Separation Owing to
{. the diplomacy and good Offices of Lord
Dufferin "reparation' was the remedy
eventually found for the difficulties
which existed. Like most compromises,
:. however, it has proved, apparently, I'M
satisfactory, and in the British Column.
!, bia legislature the cry Of !" secession
is now again being raised.
, British Columbia has also been greatly
! ! exasperated for many years by the dis
allowance by the federal government
> Of the laws which the British Columbls
: Legislature has passed respecting INT
2 employment Of Chinese and japanese
labor in that province.
D In the Older Provinces.
. The newer provinces Of the Dominion
t have been the most active in their ten
: denotes towards secession, but the oldc
i ones have not been without their trou
bles and grievances. Ontario Tor man,
I years kept up provincial rights tgh
!. against the dominion government. On
y tario. claims that that province is tn
i umilch cow Of the dominion, and pre-
9 vides most Of the finances which ar
. spent by the dominion government s! Q
>, the other provinces.
) Quebec has been the scene OF severs
q anti-federal movements. 1t is at PREF
= ent vigorously engaged in pressing &c
- an increased subsidy.
~ The small province Of Prince Edwar
a. T. island is another very unhappy membe
u of the federal family, because OF |,
r unsatisfactory subsidy, and because
4, the failure of the federal government
al provide proper facilities for wint'
10 transportation between the island an
US the mainland, according to the terms
Il. the confederation compact. 1t tall
20 very angrily on these grievances; but
= is SO small that if it talked secessit
y it would simply be laughed at. - :
ns All Provinces Dissatisfied.
= It will be seen. that there is not
:. single province in the dominion WIFI
H. has not, at some time in itsscareer, be-
1T ii more or less antagonism to confede
10 alton. In it's comparatively short Iii
1a, the dominion has had it's full share
An family rows Yet, in spite Of the
+ + many domestic discords, none Of the
= has resulted in severance Of the ia
al lily relationship. Paradoxical as it m
~ seem, there has, with all this disaf,
- ton, been a growth Of the nation
~ spirit. The sentiment Of nationhood
~, today stronger in Canada than at a
~ previous period Of it's history. The
10 IS still very much provincialism; but
as feeling Of Canadianism is growing.
va va The Canadian confederation was
l rs, It's genesis compromise, and like
la Id compromises, it's working has been
or er tirely satisfactory to all parties to
re The provinces are not. all on an eq
the me footing in confederation. The ney
vas ones have come in shorn Of some Of
TWO privileges which the older ones emf
an. This breeds dissatisfaction in :.
the younger provinces, and as they
ri strong enough they will endeavor
lew emancipate themselves from this. col
lose ton of inferiority. Another cause
lom dissatisfaction is the vicious sys1
der which the Canadian constitution emf
The les, Of paying subsidies fol. provin
the purposes from the federal exchequel
in the provincial government. Each pl
Of ince when it gets financially emil
also raised clamors for an increase Of {
has sidy, instead of resorting to the unpt
Is lar course of economising and incr
the ing it's local taxation. Trouble f
icial these various causes is bound to
ad- tinue so long as the present system
ome walls. Until each province is given
that control Of it's natural resources an
ohts left to work out it's own financial 50
Al ton Independent Of all subvent
. ~ from the federal treasury, such Be
new TERMS agitation as that now .gi'
= 80 rise to cries of secession in .Br
-; Columbia are bound to occur.
west west The Hindus are boycotting for
ence, sugar. A leafet declaring that
is is sugar is refined with bone dust an
Can blood has been distributed broac
the by agitators.
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