1663
Quebec City Made Capital of New France
Quebec City is formally recognized as the capital and administrative centre of New France following the royal takeover of the colony from the Company of One Hundred Associates.
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Quebec City is formally recognized as the capital and administrative centre of New France following the royal takeover of the colony from the Company of One Hundred Associates.
Final preparations are underway in Ottawa for the proclamation of the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867, as the first Dominion Day approaches and the new nation prepares to celebrate its birth.
Parliament passes the Yukon Territory Act, separating the Yukon from the Northwest Territories and creating a separate territorial government to manage the region during the Klondike Gold Rush.
The War Measures Act, invoked during the October 1970 FLQ crisis, is finally replaced by less sweeping emergency legislation as the immediate crisis subsides.
The Trudeau government announces the Phoenix pay system for federal public servants, a payroll system that will later cause severe payment errors affecting hundreds of thousands of employees.