...of public education was recognized in Section 93 of the British North America Act, which stated that "in and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education" provided that they did not affect "any Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational Schools. ....

...schools in certain provinces. Specifically, section 93 of the Constitution Act, 1867 states: Section 93. In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively...in the Province at the Union: (2) All the Powers, Privileges, and Duties at the Union by Law conferred and imposed in Upper Canada on the Separate Schools...

...education directly in the hands of provincial legislatures. Section 93 of the Act reads, in part, that "in and for each province the Legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education." At Confederation, the federal role in education was generally restricted to protecting the rights of...

...appeal. The relevant portions of section 93 of the British North America Act, 1867, are as follows: 93. In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively...subject and according to the following Provisions: ileges with respect to separate schools in Ontario as of 1867. Section 7 of the Separate Schools Act,...

...provincial legislature may exclusively make laws in relation to education but that these laws must not prejudicially affect any right or privilege with respect to denominational schools which existed in 1867. Section 133 prevents the legislature of Quebec or the federal Parliament from making...

...CA) at 610 and passim. 5. Formerly the British North America Act, 1867. Section 93 reads as follows: In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively...Nothing in any such Law shall prejudicially affect and Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational Schools which any Class of Persons have by Law...

...to make laws in relation to education, but one qualifying provision read: "Nothing in any such laws shall prejudicially affect any right or privilege...Denominational Schools which any class of persons have by law or practice in the Province at the Union." At the time the practice was various.1 In 1871 the provincial...

...93 of the act empowered the provinces to make laws on education, provided that they did not impair 'any right or privilege with respect to denominational...persons have by law in the province at the union' (that is, at the moment when the province joined Confederation) or was established subsequently by...

...were basically Catholic, the anglophones basically Protestant. Section 93 of the BNA Act guarantees "any Right or Privilege with respect to Denominational...Persons have by Law in the Province at the Union." This provision would serve to protect Protestants in Quebec as much as (or more than) Catholics in...

...something other than the truth . . . . 221 The introductory phrase of the provision reads as follows: 'In and for each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Education. . . .' 222 Black-Branch (1997) 48. 223 Black-Branch (1997) 118-19. Chapter 6 of this work also shows...