lay the northwest territories. They were part of Canada < but they were not provinces.

​after Prince Edwards Island and British Columbia had joined Confederation, Canada stretched from sea to sea but in the middle, between Manitoba and the rocky mountains

​The Two New Provinces In The West

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Government For The ​Territories

​ Canada purchased Rupert's Land from the Hudson's bay company in 1869. It had carved out parts of the area as the new province of Manitoba. The rest became the North-west.

The North-West Territories​ act made Regina the capital .it also put a government in place

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provincial status ​

​Responsible government was not enough for the people of the North-West Territories for the people of the North-West Territories, the population was growing quickly. Surely they deserved the same status that people in the provinces had, but the arrival of so many newcomers was putting pressure on local services, Schools, roads, railways, and other services were badly needed. The people wanted their territory to become a province. Then they could collect taxes to pay for the things they needed

Federal Versus Provincial Power

​Frederick Haultain was a lawyer and a leading politician. he led a fight for provincial status. In 1905, he wrote a letter to Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier.

​One Province or Two

​One Province or Two & Federal versus Provincial Power

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