I can't find any links right now but I've read about this in a lot of places.
Back in the late 19th century there was a large movement in the British empire towards greater centralisation of the empire amongst its anglosaxon members- in short making Canada, Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and some other small bits and pieces into one big country with their own MPs in a central parliment in London.
Most ways of doing this seemed to suggest a structure somewhat similar to the US prior to the us civil war- they all have their own minor domestic policy though foreign policy and big domestic issues are handled by the central government.
Around 1900 there was a vote on whether to go ahead with this- in Australia it came out quite conclusivly yes however in Canada the government at the time was very Quebecois and pro US so they went with no, South Africa didn't see a point in saying yes if Canada had already said no so said no.
So what if a more English government had been in power in Canada?
How well could this nation have worked at the time/work today?
Back in the late 19th century there was a large movement in the British empire towards greater centralisation of the empire amongst its anglosaxon members- in short making Canada, Britain, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and some other small bits and pieces into one big country with their own MPs in a central parliment in London.
Most ways of doing this seemed to suggest a structure somewhat similar to the US prior to the us civil war- they all have their own minor domestic policy though foreign policy and big domestic issues are handled by the central government.
Around 1900 there was a vote on whether to go ahead with this- in Australia it came out quite conclusivly yes however in Canada the government at the time was very Quebecois and pro US so they went with no, South Africa didn't see a point in saying yes if Canada had already said no so said no.
So what if a more English government had been in power in Canada?
How well could this nation have worked at the time/work today?