Lord Durham's Report: Text Abridged by Gerald M. Craig

by Gerald M. Craig, Janet Ajzenstat, Guy Laforest

In his famous 1839 call to reform, John George Lambton, Earl of Durham, recommended that Upper and Lower Canada be accorded responsible government by uniting the two provinces under a single legislative assembly - a union which would also bring about the assimilation of the French-Canadians. The Report has been criticized ever since - from British imperialists who found it dangerously liberal to French Canadians who despised Durham for his presumed racism.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Politics

261 pages, ebook

First published January 15, 1963

About the author

Gerald M. Craig (1916-1988) was a professor of history at the University of Toronto. He studied at the University of Toronto and the University of Minnesota, where he earned his Ph.D. after serving in the Second World War.

Reviews

[Andrew Allison]

"Hey Queenie,

Thanks for making me dictator of the French! It was a good thing you did because these people are dumb dumb dumb dumb duuuummb. And boy do they wish they were English. The English themselves may be smarter and more prosperous but they are finding it a teeny bit frustrating when they elect the Reformers and they have all of their legislation shot down by the Tories (or the 'official party' as we call them, *wink* *wink*) who we have appointed to run the actual government. Also, remember when we said that we'd set aside land for "protestant clergy"? Well... the Anglicans sort of thought that meant just them and the other, more popular churches are not so happy. Anyway, I think we should try to wipe French culture off the face of the continent by making one big 'Canada' where the English get greater representation than the French. Oh, but also, that representation should mean something and Canada should get to make its own government.

See ya soon!

Durry"