The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Clergy, French-Canadian.= =Dr= Faithful to the British government, 72,
80. =Hd= Illiterate but highly respected, 42; receive donations for fire
sufferers, 44; refuse to believe that Canada would ever be ceded to
Britain, 128; Quebec Act and, 174; Haldimand's attitude towards, 180,
181, 182; attempt to get French priests into Seminary, 187; their
interest in establishment of public library, 191; alarmed at large
numbers of Protestant settlers, 264.
=Clergy Reserves.= =Md= Question embitters public life of Upper Canada,
13, 28; nature and history of the dispute, 55-62; secularization of,
carried out by MacNab-Morin coalition ministry, 63; Macdonald introduces
bill, Oct. 17, 1854, 65; bill passed by Assembly, November 23, and by
Legislative Council, Dec. 10, 65; provisions of the bill, 65-66. =S=
Created by Constitutional Act, 12, 156. =Dr= Created by Constitutional
Act, 267. =Sy= Designed for support of state church, 77; treatment of,
in Durham's report, 93; conflict over, 238-244; Sydenham's plan for
settlement of questions, 245-246; attitude of Reform party respecting,
246; bill recommended by governor passed and sent home for approval,
248; question settled by Imperial Parliament, 249. =BL= Set apart by
Constitutional Act, 1791, 42; William Morris's connection with, 83; and
Upper Canada College, 192; and Ryerson, 240; pressing for settlement,
339; secularization of, advocated by Clear Grits, 342; history of
question, 343-349. =B= Taché advises French-Canadians to oppose
secularization of, 48; history of question, 51-60. =R= Ryerson enters
the controversy, 19, 26-27; endowment of established church provided
for, in Act of 1791, 34-35; influence of John Strachan, 36-37;
dominance of Church of England party, 38-40; extent and value of the
Reserves, 47; question comes up in Legislature, 47; claims of Church of
Scotland, 48-49; petition and claims referred to select committee of
British House of Commons, 1827, 50; Ryerson proposes sale and
appropriation of proceeds to general educational purposes, 115; Sir
George Arthur proposes division among various religious bodies, 119;
Ryerson's attitude towards division, 119-120. =E= Granted to Protestant
clergy by Constitutional Act, 1791,102; Baldwin's attitude towards,
102-103; La Fontaine's attitude towards, 102-103; Canadian Legislature
receives power to settle question, 119; settlement delayed, 126, 132;
secularization proposed by Sicotte, 126-127; secularization a condition
of MacNab-Morin coalitions, 140; history of the question, 145-169;
report of select committee, 147; Imperial Act passes, 158-159; its
repeal proposed by Price, 161; value of the Reserves, 161--162;
provincial Legislature given power to vary or repeal Union Act, and to
settle Clergy Reserves, on certain conditions, 167; bill introduced by
John A. Macdonald, finally settling question, 168; terms of bill, 168.
=Mc= Created by Constitutional Act, 70; details of, 70; Durham on, 71;
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