confederation
IPA: kʌnfɛdɝˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
- The act of forming an alliance.
- In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
- In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
- In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
- In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation; 31 March 1949.
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Examples of "confederation" in Sentences
- Humans are killing the Earth and the alien confederation is distraught by this.
- Certainly, this road to political unification or confederation is a long and rocky one.
- We take from our part in confederation-in material terms-in dollars and cents-more than we put into it.
- This confederation is only 50 years old, and I suppose some of usindeed I do-I remember the first anniversary of the organization of Canada.
- While using the word confederation, I do not, of course, imply that anything similar to the federal union of Switzerland or of North America existed in Italy.
- There is another and possibly even more serious result of the west's unhappiness over their position in confederation and this could result in the actual break-up of the country.
- I may say, so far as British Columbia was concerned, we have always felt, since the province joined in confederation that the terms under which we entered confederation were not just.
- It also underlines, in a sometimes embarrassingly blunt way, why for many in the current generation of Quebec political leaders the status quo of the Canadian confederation is unacceptable.
- This simple fact gives the Prime Minister unbridled power and our confederation is littered with the corpses of bad legislation forced through Parliament by unscrupulous, corrupt Prime Ministers.
- They must, in particular, endeavour to further and deepen among all citizens and individuals and members of associations and communities, the understanding of and the support for the principles on which the Canadian confederation is based.
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