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French School Rights and the Confederation Bargain
The text traces how the 1867 confederation deal tied protection for Roman Catholic school rights to French-language schooling. It follows subsequent battles in New Brunswick Manitoba the NWT Ontario and Alberta as English dominance and Regulation 17 challenged French instruction within Catholic schools and the limits of Section 93 rights. The Laurier Greenway compromise briefly preserved French as a language of instruction in Manitoba.
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Fathers of Confederation
Quebec
New Brunswick
John A
N.B
Manitoba
Confederation
North-West Territories
Nwt
Maritime
British Columbia
Wilfrid Laurier
Liberal Party
Laurier
Wilfrid
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Territorial Assembly
Mason Wade
Ontario
Orange Order