The Career of a Canadian Trade Union Leader: C.H. Millard 1937-1946

In Canadian political history, the primary focus of historians has been on leading politicians. Trade union leaders have been virtually ignored. This paper partly fills this gap in presenting the career of C.H. Millard.

A Collaborative Method to Overcome the Difficulty of Constitutional Amendment

Constitutional politics hold a special place in Canadian political history. Demanding and difficult, the politics of the Constitution have been marked by disagreement and dissent for the entire brief history of this nation. Canada is both a multinational and territorially vast federation, thus it can only be expected that the views and demands of the diverse provinces and nations within will conflict. From this viewpoint, it seems a daunting task to unite this federation around a constitution meant to represent Canada as a harmonious and collective nation. This task has led to years of meetings concerning constitutional amendments that would properly represent and meet the demands of the provinces and Canadians as a whole, but the constitutional amendment process has proven to be extremely difficult and largely unsuccessful [...]

Canada: Colony to Kingdom

I suppose there is a stage in the development of the creature at which opinion may very well vary as to whether it is a tadpole or a full-fledged, or rather a four-footed, frog. Canada, constitutionally, is in a somewhat uncertain case; for, if you say that she is a colony, you will be confronted with some well-developed legs, and if you say that she is an independent state, you will be asked to explain away the remains of the tail. What sort of compromising language a biologist would apply to his dubiosity, I do not know; but, with reference to Canada, I am prepared to make a distinction, — to say that she is nominally a colony, and really an independent state. A veritable bit of the actual tail is still visible; there may not, indeed, be enough for performance of its former function of control, but quite enough to betray the origin of the animal; while the legs can very clearly kick, if not speak, for themselves. Nominally, I say, Canada is a colony; the forms, the nomenclature, the legal appearance still exist. But in reality Canada is independent and governs herself. A short summary of Canadian political history will establish that point.