Three Weeks in Quebec City pdf

克里斯托弗·摩尔是十五部小说的作者，其中包括国际畅销书《羔羊》、《肮脏的工作》和《你糟透了》。 他的最新小说《二手灵魂》将于 2015 年 8 月出版。

克里斯出生于俄亥俄州托莱多，在俄亥俄州曼斯菲尔德长大。 他的父亲是一名公路巡警，他的母亲在一家百货公司卖主要电器。 他曾就读于俄亥俄州立大学和圣巴巴拉布鲁克斯摄影学院。 他在 19 岁时移居加利福尼亚，并一直住在中央海岸，直到 2003 年移居夏威夷。

在 1992 年出版他的第一部小说《实用的恶魔饲养》之前，他做过屋顶工、杂货店店员、酒店夜间审计员、保险经纪人、服务员、摄影师和摇滚 DJ。 克里斯利用所有这些工作经验来创造他书中的角色。 不写作时，克里斯喜欢海上皮划艇、水肺潜水、摄影以及用丙烯酸和油画颜料作画。 他住在旧金山。

Three Weeks in Quebec City pdf 克里斯托弗·摩尔

In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation.  

Federation, in principle, had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference, but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed. The delegates included John A. Macdonald, George Etienne-Cartier, and George Brown. Historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald, the future prime minister, surprisingly was not the most significant player here, and Canada could have become a very different place.

 

The significance of this conference is played out in Canadian news each day. The main point of contention at the time was the issue of power—a strong federal body versus stronger provincial rights. Because of this conference, we have an elected House of Commons, an appointed Senate, a federal Parliament, and provincial legislatures. We have what amounts to a Canadian system of checks and balances. Did it work then, and does it work now?