Chapais, Jean C., a father of Confederation, [62] n., [146].
Charlottetown Conference, the, [47-55], [77]. See Confederation.
Cobden, William, [26].
Cockburn, James, a father of Confederation, [62] n.
Coles, George H., a father of Confederation, [50], [63] n.
Confederation, when first mooted, [2]; William Smith's plan, [3-6]; Sewell's plan, [7]; W. L. Mackenzie's belief in, [8-9]; Lord Durham's plan, [9-10]; Constitutional Act of 1791, [10-11]; a period of Particularism, [11-15]; [21], [30-1]; makes headway in Nova Scotia, [16-17], [26-7], [44-5]; becomes a question of practical politics, [17-20]; events which hastened, [20-5]; political deadlock, [30-2]; coalition government formed to promote, [34-41]; some opposition and objection to, [42-3], [49], [84], [89-90], [135]; the CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE, [47-55], [77]. THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE: constituted, [56-7], [61-2]; held with closed doors, [58-61]; the Fathers of Confederation, [62] n.-63 n.; federal union, [62-64]; provincial legislatures with a strong central government, [64], [66-9]; federal powers, [69-71]; provincial powers, [71-77]; the governor-general's powers, [76-7]; the House of Commons, [77]; the Senate, [77-80], [91-2], [129-31]; the financial terms, [80-3], [90]; the Quebec resolutions adopted in Canada, [84-96]; opposition in Maritime Provinces, [97-105]; finally accepted in New Brunswick, [112-14], and in Nova Scotia, [114-16]. THE FRAMING OF THE BILL: the lukewarm reception of the delegates in London, [118-22], [124], [135-6], [173-4]; the desire to cement the Imperial tie by framing a constitution similar in principle to that of Britain, [125-7]; naming of the Dominion, [127]; the Senate, [129-131]; the educational privileges of minorities, [131-2]; the passage of the British North America Act, [133-5]; some criticism, [90-1], [92-5]; a priceless inheritance, [187-90]. THE DOMINION: Nova Scotia reconciled, [152-7]; the prairie provinces, [158-9], [168]; British Columbia, [158], [169-73]; Prince Edward Island, [173-6]. See Dominion, Fathers, Parliament.
Constitutional Act of 1791, the, [3], [11].
Dawson, Simon, [161].
Day, Mr Justice, [133] n.