. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. gue there wasnot the same as elsewhere in Canada; the Province did not, in thisrespect, enter the JDominion upon the same terms as the older partsof the country; its circumstances and local conditions have changedmore rapidly and completely than anywhere else. In 1870, when thecountry came into Confederation, its small population was aboutequally di
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. gue there wasnot the same as elsewhere in Canada; the Province did not, in thisrespect, enter the JDominion upon the same terms as the older partsof the country; its circumstances and local conditions have changedmore rapidly and completely than anywhere else. In 1870, when thecountry came into Confederation, its small population was aboutequally divided between Protestants and Catholics and, as a largeinflux of French-Canadian settlers was then confidently expected, itwas o-enerally believed that this balance would be fairly well is practically no question that the Red River people of thattime and of the Catholic faith thought that their religious and educa-tional customs—they could hardly be termed a system—would beconserved. As a matter of fact, when authority was given to the new Legis-lature, by the Manitoba Act of 1870, to deal with education, it wasdone, as in all the Provinces, subject to the preservation of rights X Xo ft ^n £ > ^ M 3 >ft 2 ^ D5 W c. H ac tfl X o z c/^ r/j ?0 cr ?13 2 1 > 5 o rt ?^ g w D z in N 1 W r ~i 03 r. O D0- P r r ?: o S o
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