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Excerpt from The School Question in Manitoba: A Letter From James Fisher to the Electors of Russell
The meaning of this language is perfectly plain. The provisions of the Act of Confederation restricting the power of the Legislature of the Province (sub-clause one above cited) applied exclusively to rights held by law in respect to denominational or separate schools established at the union. There were none such in New Brunswick, said Sir John, and the restraining clause therefore did not apply to that Province and did not, in consequence, limit the power of its Legislature.
To the same effect was the View of the Law Officers of the Crown in England, whose opinion on the question was sought by the Canadian Parliament. The Roman Catholics of New Brunswick wrote these Law Officers, had no such rights as are the subject of enactment in the British North America Act. Section 93. That is to say, New Brunswick had no denominational schools established by law; the Con federation Act did not apply, and the power of the Legislature was therefore unfettered.
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