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The Problems of Governing Federal Capitals*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2009

Donald C. Rowat
Donald C. Rowat
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Carleton University
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Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique , Volume 1 , Issue 3 , September 1968 , pp. 345 - 356
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Copyright © Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Société québécoise de science politique 1968

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1 The number of countries which can be identified as federations depends on the definition used. For purposes of this paper seventeen states are classed as federations. They are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Cameroun, Canada, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Switzerland, USA, USSR, Venezuela, West Germany, and Yugoslavia.

2 Those who are not fully aware of the numerous difficulties since Confederation caused by divided jurisdiction over the Ottawa area should read Eggleston's, Wilfred excellent history, The Queen's Choice (Ottawa, 1961).Google Scholar For the most recent period see my own report, “The Proposal for a Federal Territory for Canada's Capital,” in Ontario Advisory Committee on Confederation, Background Papers and Reports (Toronto, 1967), 215–82.Google ScholarPubMed

3 McRae, Kenneth D., Switzerland: Example of Cultural Coexistence (Toronto, 1964), 68.Google Scholar

4 Flaherty, Frank, “Gift Suggestion for Canada's 100th Birthday: Make Ottawa Our 11th Province,” Weekend Magazine (June 29, 1963), 1–4, 23Google Scholar; see also Kear, A. R., “Provincial Status for the National Capital Region,” a brief to the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Aug. 19, 1964, pp. 16Google Scholar mimeo.

5 See Miller, J. D., “Self-Government for Canberra?” Public Administration (Australia), 26 (Sept. 1967), 218–26Google Scholar; also, Australia Ministry of Interior, Self-Government for the Australian Capital Territory: A Preliminary Assessment May 1967 (Canberra, 1967).Google Scholar

6 See my suggestion of this kind of arrangement for Ottawa in “The Proposal for a Federal Territory for Canada's Capital,” 268–74.

7 Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Report: Book I, The Official Languages (Ottawa, 1967), 119.

8 Ibid., 117.

9 Ottawa Journal, Feb. 1, 1968.