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& % >A ie sn e paaie 4 M t P § . < a imz = ' C ... 3e . ~~ ® eaem i lature a . There is nothing ""'f' K crawford's speech led up that m"e dangerous, monrgl hy h it varied from his own to be objected to in every way, than a | ution _ The matter has been ex-- controversy upon this subject. Coerc--| nsively discussed in the newspaptill"!- 'c?f,'nw""ltd belreslsted, but as the coer-- : + OI f and in other ways; the contemplated relates to a matter ', ':mnquitefamnlarwith the of conscience, the objection to it is" ets, and I shall be very brief, and peculiarly serious. My hon. friend said | hall confige. myself to reminding that there should be an inquiry, and | em of two or three things in connec-- that any remedial legislation upon the | ion with the matter. In the first part _of the Dominion Parliament' place, the . A. act provides that should be a last resort. I agree with | h filfl.fleduoatlon shall belong him there, and I hope that the House | _ to the vincial Legislature, subject generally will agree with him. 1{ am | '\'to cortain provisions, and not to the quite sure if there was not a very | / Dominion Parliament. The matter has great desire on the part of some hon. | been twice before the Privy Council, members opposite to support the Do-- | the most important tribtaal in /thc minion policy at all hazards the House | British Empire, and, in the < would -- unanimously: take the same orld. Th body decided *A the view. Nobody could desive that there| pt of the fimltobu Legislat abol-- should be coercion on the part of the shing Separate Schools was their D<.nmlniun Parliament, or that the Do-- | egislative authority, and that the act minion should put itself into antagon-- | _ was a valid act in point of law. 'Then, ism on the subject with the Manitoba -- on a second appeal, t'nlo_ 1 hfl:}( ht:la':i Legislature,. }| t r a valid exercise i E :vtglll:\r:?; \?;tth:alslar.;tm-u Mgisfh:ltut'l.o' MANITOBA'3 ATTITUDE, t the provisions of, the :",tt flef:;"(?ertai]s Then, again, it is not the people here, ; Roman . Catholic m!flm'l )I that those Protestants here or elsewhere outside of | 'rights and prl\:il('g('f- 'm,'" t:: recei;'t' Munitoba, that are feeling most strnn.&'-" '.rights and privileges "uL}r rovisions 1y upon this subject and are speaking } attention, and' th&" ,':]"Lp( ".,I) of sup-- most strongly about it ; this hasty ac--| "fil'- fClgt other se r.}r' thoy purpose tion upon the part of the Dominion } plement or 0"_\91"""'"' ;uvllclal Com-- Parliament has been protested :'siflf"ti of removing "hart" e ce. _ The' Judg-- by Manitoba and by its Legisiature.! mltteehcall:: al(fnrge(\);l'«'i»'ut the result The Dominion Government were ux-| & me'el;pre:sedr{n a very few words at ;:;;.Al'ln(.tlly 'hL;h:'._'z'q'hl th'r: l{li.ilt(":r: ,N,"(?gl;),.,"?ii; nd of the report, a few sentences C l't"('((l. ion of the ryy u. dgoot ; the e 11 ask your permission been arrived at than they at once in 4°f Wh(ifh I shall ask y r i6 timated to the Manitoba Government to"ll':?:' the reasons which have been :h-'lt" its . Lt"ufslflllll'*'w 'l.fl'uv-"l _m':fi gsiven, their Lordships are of opinion h':t"_' llth steps. 23 ot ].";"". § (, s 4 that the second sub--section of sec. '1,"' w-nH more objectionab ¥ . aovern« -- than that. They started something 2 of the Manitoba act is the govern 'ke cooproi A ery HnPrst sie ing=enactment, and that the appeal to \l" Cl Cien. at thf'. very _ first Fassg! ' the Governor--General in Council was * d.nl't'-'l-.l_ was not prepared 'to. retrace admigsible by virtue of that enact-- her steps; instead of their waiting for t, on the grounds set forth in the in opportunity for a (:hange of public ment, O d titions, inasmuch as sentiment, the Dominion Government memorials and péetitio Popi o Yihe M at once proceeded to pass a remedial the acts of 1890 affected rights or priv ter? 44 P dn ols 5 v | raer, practically requiring the restor-- 'leges of the Roman Catholic minor-- 1 se mm Im ues . n d n okd eb ity in relation to education within the ' i';:.'l':':,l:f \t";,('i(.i,'ul}?c 'l\f"]t-'a'ntilt]?fi)a .'Ivtl-:'ti,s'(ll'tle ";lea'"mgegfi(:,?ati;u':;::l:ag:j 'I\"f;;'e{}l:;r ture had abolished. I cannot imagin= paile'. A r Gene I in Council-- has anything more unstatesmanlike than the.Gn\ernor-kxtn:;"H jleclarations 'nr that hasty course. I cannot imagine P emedint r'lna esk?] ;-1' 'l the mem-- anything more treasonable to this ! remedial orders asked f« n o 1C1 | country than such a course. I say the j orials or petitions, or has any other | [Legisiatur f Manstoba h 'Otested risdiction in the premises. _ Their| |[ieeifiature of Manitoba has proteste< s hi have decided that the (:m,_i against the hasty action which is pre-- Gep:era.l in Council has jurh-zdlc-' posed by the Dominion Parliamenst.and fon and that the appeal is well found-- | I shall read one or two sentences from M t e ticular course to be | -hlllltl_lhu llm'u'm('nts. They 41"'"1;!1" @ ed; but the p:'l)r det ined by the | that '"in amending the law from time to . i gg;igx.ftlg:ut? \\'gom( i(t'nlll'a?l()evfi com--| time, and in administering the system, ds Inpand 12 Hhiimieis thesnreont | fests 'Webfoundse ces ind ty op ;?;;stra,bubnealtat;()flnlntlmate ,i";:: g;:i;::' move every appearance of im'qu_ulit)' 1 of education embodied in the acts nfl :::n;:,'(j".':'('.]'.'ie""',hz:;:, "L'::u::'] lt"'l','l':!'.'.],:.i;;]' 1890 no doubt commends itself to and the \'i.v\\' of ()ioin.g Q(') the (:n\"-x'rv'.nwn't j adequately supplies the wants of the | and the Legislature will always be Ae Plofine, hu reatlmmale moauld renit io congldre any compleint which | « % 1 rav s % ; anir} o concilia~-- of (-omplain't would be removed if fllf".' ;',.'.ix: "'1';:::.:}'( a.:"(; ll»leasahm :ltl \\'(r;'d:,t lilllfllll [ ons whith would remove tnc gricv. give hope that | if _ time 'were sions w ¥ a re e griev-- a re 'onciliatory ian(-u upon which the appeal is found-- (t)zll'llfh'.\' a";:(\]'l('[()][\'d flll(t}h" ('"";il:l,ti"',tu;:':. j ed, and were modified so far as might would be removed. In | view of | be necessary to give effect to these these statements I purpose asking the I provisions. * Housg to express the opinion that an> ADHERE TO THE CONSTITUTION. proposal of remedial legislation by the Dominion Parliament sheuld not be Now, we recognize the B.N.A. act as entertained until after the request of binding on us, including that portion of the Manitoba Legislature for a thor-- it which gives a final right of appeal ough investigation on the nart of the to the Judicial ('nvmmll'-v of the Privy mominion of all the facts is acted un-- Council, and I accept'the judgmen on, and all reasonable and proper ef-- which they have pronounced. We a' forts for conciliation have been mad» cept that judgment. I understan.. and have failed. I propose also to ask le hon. gentleman (Mr. Crawford) ac-- | the House to recognize the fact that ipts it. He certainly did not impeach | nothing should be done by the Federal He assumed that the Judicial Com-- Government nor by the-- Legislature 'ntt}(;e lmts rightly stated the meaninz; with regard to Separate Schools du»-- o e act. lug a period of excitement. As regards Now, we in Ontario are not general-- S'-';.m;'m- Schools in Ontario, every bit ly in favyor of Separate Schools. I ap-- of legislation we gave their supporters prehend that the majority of the peo-- was approved by the whole Legisla-- ple of Ontario are against Separate ture and by the whole of the people at schools ; but, notwithstanding that, we (the time, and no objections were made " have faithfully observed the provisions to it until some years afterward. Bu: | | of the constitution on that subject. In if we had brought in any of this legis-- '{ like manner the great majority of the lation in a time of excitement, of heat-- 1 (-Itlmm: of Manitoba do not like Sep-- |ed controversy as regards Sevarat* g'l;aytle('n.\;;}':\;ug: t"]')'"L Dqt'('g)lo' t»fb( )llli;:'!i: ils('h'"'ls' it would have been most un-- Fhave -- alwayy -- Tews r;'(l ";' 8. ' fit they | wise. it is in the common interest that stitutional d'l;(y il'(('n,".b?e'g ie }( "'"' 'the matter should not be dealt with I cannot 'mazine "']" t"]} upon '"J'": | bastily. +1 agree with the resolution k any doubt "n' '-t'hn & ':1 ft 19ra; caun b of my hon, friend so far as it asserts that it would be t-xli;'; ':l anybody but | that the proposed action of the Domin: §f the rcm;ily Py thl'n( y"unfurtunate L ion Parliament is fraught with grave nee were to devolve is alleged grl;:\-- !t'ang< r to the interests of the Domin-- ton Pariiament Instoalépm; tlh? Domin-- jlon as a whole, including the interests vided for by the "'l'initohg L'fri,"F{ pro-- of the Roman Catholic minority, for One thing, no act can be erfoc; "AtU'C: m hose benefit the proposed remedial [E to be passed b(d? )e _effectual if it legislation is designed. MHament : if 'w.»uldyblpu;a. I;mgtllmm ivage 1 Nory t nave given to the House the fate thiig that there shwl unfortu-- | substance of the amendment which I ruggle on the part of therdD be' fl] | propose to ask this House to adopt, Parliament with the Manitol ominioi '); laml I hove there will be a pretty gon-- anitoba Legis-- || eral vote in its favor. The policy sug-- | gested in my resolution would be very . €