20 THROUGH CANADA 



French took arms in our interests. From that time 

 forward, though in an indirect manner, the French by 

 a tacit consent have had all their demands granted, 

 and in the fulness of time the granting of legislative 

 independence brought about amicable and inalienable 

 relations between the two nationalities. The early 

 pioneers who gave their lives in heroic and sacrificial 

 service wrought better than they knew. Disappointed, 

 heart-broken, martyred in their attempts to plant the 

 Cross amongst its wild tribes, they unconsciously laid 

 the foundations of a new France, loyal to the British 

 flag and the best traditions of its own people. 



Many French Canadians migrate westward, especi- 

 ally to Ontario, where they are gradually becoming 

 anglicized. 



Quebec nominates its Upper House, and nearly 

 all the deputies in the legislative chamber, and a 

 large majority in the legislative council are French. 

 The province has the control of its own constitution, 

 and the right to alter it at discretion. It has entire 

 management of its own schools and public lands, and 

 the Roman Catholic parochial system prevails. The 

 two local Parliamentary parties. Liberal and Con- 

 servative are called Rouges and Bleus. Originally 

 the Liberal party, or Rouges, stood for anti-clericalism , 

 but it has changed colour as time progressed, and is 

 now become as clerical as the Conservatives, and calls 

 itself the National Party. 



The question of denominational schools has been 



