. Canada; a descriptive text-book . 16 CANADA. CHAPTER III. THE GOVERNMENT—THE PEOPLE—LIFE OF THE PEOPLE. £ANAT)A is a self-governing Colony of Great Britain. A Governor-General from Britain represents the Queen and takes about thesame part in the government as docs the Queen in that of theEmpire. He represents British authority, but acts according to theadvice of the Canadian Parliament. The Dominion of Canada is a Fed-eration composed of seven Provinces and several Territories. The pro-. Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. vinces are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba,British Co
. Canada; a descriptive text-book . 16 CANADA. CHAPTER III. THE GOVERNMENT—THE PEOPLE—LIFE OF THE PEOPLE. £ANAT)A is a self-governing Colony of Great Britain. A Governor-General from Britain represents the Queen and takes about thesame part in the government as docs the Queen in that of theEmpire. He represents British authority, but acts according to theadvice of the Canadian Parliament. The Dominion of Canada is a Fed-eration composed of seven Provinces and several Territories. The pro-. Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. vinces are Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba,British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, and the territories, Alberta,Assiniboia, Sackatchewan, Athabaska, Keewatin, Mackenzie, Ungava,Franklin and Yukon. Ottawa is the capital of the Dominion. TheParliament is made up of a House of Commons and a Senate. The CANADA. 17 Provinces and Territories send members to the House of Commons andthe number each has a right to send depends upon its population. Themembers are elected by the people, and almost every man over twenty-one years of age, has a vote. The Senate is composed of men chosenfor life by the Governor-General-in-Council, which means, that whenthere are vacancies in the Senate, the Prime Minister, after consultinghis Cabinet, recommends certain men to the Governor-General, and heusually appoints them to fill the vacancies. Both the House of Com-mons and the Senate must pass every Bill and the Governor-Generalmust sign it before it becomes
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