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The Paris Peace Conference
At the end of WWI the allied victors met to set peace terms for the defeated. When Canada was not granted a serperate invitation from the brtitish dominion, Prime Minister Sir. Robert Borden demaded a seperate seat. He was convicned Canada had become a nation on the battle fields in Europe. After the protest of Britain and the US Canada was given a seperate seat in the conference. -
The Chanak Crisis
In spetember of 1922 the turkish troops threatened to attack the british and french, britain called upon extra troops from the dominion. They asked Canada's for help and also to show the Turks the strenght of the emprire. Mackenzie King worried about the danger did not commit. This, in turn, showed oncoming detachment from Britain. -
The Halibut Treaty
In 1923, the Halibut treaty was a Canadian- American agreement concerning the Northern Pacific ocean's fishing rights. They needed to come to an agreement because of the declining number of Halibut. This concern was dealt with by two american and two canadian citizens. Halibut could not be fished in the winter months, and since then the treaty has be revised multiple times. -
The King-Byng Crisis
This crisis was a constitutional crisis. It occrued when the Prime Minister,William Lyon Makenzie King requested to dissolve the government and have a general election. The Governal General, Lord Byng of Vimy refused the request.The King-Byng crisis redefined the role of a Governal General in Canada and the Dominions. They became an important part in Imperial confrences. -
The Balfour Report
The Balfour Declartion was a report from the Imperial Conference in 1926 held by British Empire Leaders in London. It says the following of the Dominions and the UK: "They are autonomous Communities within the British Empire, equal in status, in no way subordinate one to another in any aspect of their domestic or external affairs, though united by a common allegiance to the Crown, and freely associated as members of the British Commonwealth of Nations." -
The Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminister is a British Act of Parliament that establishes the equality for the self-governing Dominions of the British Empire. This means there is leglislative independence for these countries. Passed on December 11th 1931, this was to be effective right away or upon ratification.
