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  • The distribution among the Provinces is as follows

    The Music of the People 1929

  • We have maintained, in various submissions to the federal agencies that the economic vitality of the Atlantic Provinces is closely allied with national policy.

    New Brunswick—1963 1963

  • The term "Equity and Civil Rights" that appears in the British North America Act, and in our minds in Ontario, and in the other Common Law Provinces, is something that we think of amongst ourselves very much in a similar way.

    What's Wrong with Canada's Constitution 1951

  • The general aim of the Federal Government, in its relations with the Provinces, is to promote economic stability and progress in all parts of the nation.

    Some Economic and Financial Consequences of Defence 1950

  • They allege that their experience of Congress administrations in what are described as "the minority Provinces" is such that they will not agree to any form of Constitution which sets up a Central Government for the whole of India.

    India's Position in the War 1942

  • The smaller area south-eastward from the St. Lawrence, including the Maritime Provinces, is chiefly the extension into Canada of the Allegheny Plateau, which though rugged in Gaspe Peninsula, is generally of low elevation in the Maritimes.

    Canada Turning the Corner 1929

  • We felt we had a string of Provinces from the Atlantic to the Pacific but in order to communicate with those more remote in the West we had to go through the United States by rail to San Francisco and by boat to Vancouver.

    The Evolution of Canadian Sentiment 1905

  • Certain Provinces yielded certain things up for the general or federal good, but we were fortunate in having a deadlock before Confederation.

    Thoughts About Canada and Australia 1904

  • The negotiations for peace and the preparations for the invasion should go simultaneously forward therefore, and the money would, in consequence, come more sparingly to the Provinces from the English coffers, and the disputes between England and the States would be multiplied.

    PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845

  • The negotiations for peace and the preparations for the invasion should go simultaneously forward therefore, and the money would, in consequence, come more sparingly to the Provinces from the English coffers, and the disputes between England and the States would be multiplied.

    History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845

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