Word: canadians
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Canadian census of athletes gives 16,000 lacrosse players, 5000 snowshoers, 5000 curlers, 4000 cricketers, 2000 football players, 1000 oarsmen, 1000 baseballists, and 10,000 field athletes, making a total of 45,000 who actively follow some branch of out-door sport...
...lessons of resolution which served them well in later years. Her history from 1787 to the breaking out of the civil war shows great advancement as a people until in 1867 the provinces, hitherto isolated, feeling that they needed a common protection in commerce bound themselves together into the Canadian Federal Union. Its executive power is vested in its governor-general appointed for six years who has the power of pardoning all offenses. He is assisted by thirteen cabinet officers. The legislature composes a senate appointed for life, a house commons of 215 members, who are elected for a term...
...severally which are to come up at its meeting. Each bill is printed and circulated about the towns that they may become familiar to the people. In this way the lobbying and canvassing is done away with, and there is little chance for corruption. The remaining advantages of the Canadian government in brief are, the harmony existing between the executive and legislature, a satisfactory system of private legislation, permanent civil service, the secret ballot, judicial decision in bribery cases and the trial of divorce cases before parliament. The privileges offered by Canada of fishing in her waters were much abused...
Political Relations of Canada and the United States. Lecture. Hon. J. G. Bourinot, Clerk of the Canadian House of Commons. Sever...
...Bonrinot, clerk of the Canadian House of Commons and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, will lecture this evening on the Relation between Canada and the United States. Mr. Bourinot is an eminent authority on Canadian constitutional questions and his paper read before the Historical Society last week showed great familiarity with his subject. The same paper has since been read at Johns Hopkins University. The lecture tonight will touch on extradition, the fishery treaty and other questions of present interest...