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The Paris Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference was an international meeting convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of the peace after World War. -
The Chanak Crisis
Prime Minister King stated that only the Canadian
Parliament would decide to send troops if Britain went to
war.This was the first time that Canada refused unconditional support for imperial war policies. -
The Halibut Treaty
HALIBUT TREATY (formally the Convention for the Preservation of the Halibut Fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean) was an agreement between the US and Canada signed on 2 Mar 1923. A milestone in the development of Canadian autonomy, it was the first time that Canada alone negotiated and signed an international treaty on its own behalf. -
The King-Byng Crisis
This crisis is the reason the Governor General now cannot rebel against the decisions the Prime Minister makes, and it ended all power of the Governor General. William Lyon MacKenzie was elected again and later one helped Canada extremely in gaining it's independence. -
The Balfour Report
At the Imperial Conference of 1926, the dominions of the English Empire requested formal recognition of autonomy (freedom to govern themselves). A special committee under Lord Balfour examined the request. They published the Balfour Report, which supported the dominions. -
The Statute of Westminster
The Statute of Westminster, approved by the British parliament on December 11, 1931, specifically defined the powers of Canada’s parliament and those of the other dominions of the British Empire. The statute was a direct result of decades of debate over the issue of self-government for the British dominions. The Statute of Westminster gave legal substance to earlier tentative agreements among Great Britain, Canada, Australia etc.
