. 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. 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. I MANITOBA AND THE SCHOOL QUESTION 527 existing at the time of the Union ; although no law, ordinance orregulation was technically in force in the much-troubled Red RiverSettlement of the moment. The controversy of the future was toturn, therefore,


. 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. 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. I MANITOBA AND THE SCHOOL QUESTION 527 existing at the time of the Union ; although no law, ordinance orregulation was technically in force in the much-troubled Red RiverSettlement of the moment. The controversy of the future was toturn, therefore, upon how far the practice then prevalent was aprivilege and right under the terms of Union. Archbishop Tache,who was present at the birth of educational facilities in the North-West and who for so long rocked the cradle of their early develop-ment, declared with emphasis at a later period that there had been, in1870, a number of effective schools for children and that some of thesewere regulated and controlled by his own Church, some by differentProtestant denominations. The means required for the support ofthe Catholic portion of the schools were supplied partly by fees andpartly out of Church funds. During this early period neither Catho-lics nor Protestants had interest in, or control over, any schools butthose pertaining to their respec


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