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<p>[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 191789, member: 1211"]In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" rel="nofollow">Canada</a>, the word <i>confederation</i> has an additional, unrelated meaning.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" rel="nofollow">Confederation</a>" refers to the process of (or the event of) establishing or joining the Canadian federal state.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In modern terminology, Canada is a federation and not a confederation.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-13" rel="nofollow">[13]</a> However, at the time the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867" rel="nofollow">Constitution Act, 1867</a>, <i>confederation</i> was the normal British and Canadian term for a single sovereign nation-state of federating provinces. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation" rel="nofollow">Canadian Confederation</a> generally refers to the Constitution Act, 1867 which formed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" rel="nofollow">Dominion of Canada</a> from three of the colonies of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America" rel="nofollow">British North America</a>, and to the subsequent incorporation of other colonies and territories. Therefore, on July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion" rel="nofollow">dominion</a> of the British Empire with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism" rel="nofollow">federal structure</a> under the leadership of Sir <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" rel="nofollow">John A. Macdonald</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lloyd249, post: 191789, member: 1211"]In [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canada[/URL], the word [I]confederation[/I] has an additional, unrelated meaning.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12'][12][/URL] "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation']Confederation[/URL]" refers to the process of (or the event of) establishing or joining the Canadian federal state.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-ref_-12'][12][/URL] In modern terminology, Canada is a federation and not a confederation.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] However, at the time the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Act,_1867']Constitution Act, 1867[/URL], [I]confederation[/I] was the normal British and Canadian term for a single sovereign nation-state of federating provinces. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation']Canadian Confederation[/URL] generally refers to the Constitution Act, 1867 which formed the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Dominion of Canada[/URL] from three of the colonies of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_North_America']British North America[/URL], and to the subsequent incorporation of other colonies and territories. Therefore, on July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion']dominion[/URL] of the British Empire with a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalism']federal structure[/URL] under the leadership of Sir [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Macdonald']John A. Macdonald[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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