Galt's Resolutions on Federation, 1858

Alexander Galt was Minister of Finance in the Macdonald-Cartier government at the time of these resolutions, and a major advocate for federation of all the British North American provinces.

Document Summary:
Galt states that:

• The House of Assembly of the Province of Canada supports a "Federative Union by the subdivision of the province into two or more divisions…."
  
  
• Called for the proposed federal government to govern the North-western and Hudson's Bay territories.
  
  
• The inclusion of the Maritime provinces in the union.