Report of Committee of House of Commons, 1828

Document Summary:
This report examines the state of government in Upper and Lower Canada. The committee examined grievances of the inhabitants and made recommendations for changes in law (especially property laws). The report also:

• Makes comments on the practice of granting large areas of land to officials in government.
  
  
• Supports giving the Legislative Assemblies control of public revenue, and states concern about fiscal practices of the governor and Legislative Councils.
  
  
• Supports keeping the salaries of judges, as well as the governor and Executive Council, independent of "the annual votes of the House of Assembly."
  
  
• Does not recommend the union of Upper and Lower Canada.
  
  
• Comments on the desirability of freeing the clergy reserves for settlement and cultivation.