The BNA Act was actually opposed to self government and woefully insufficient as a constitution; probably why Trudeau and his Liberal Party chose it as the basis for his ideas; it fits in with their other most inadequate decisions for any good for We The People.

Of course those behind the scenes who may have wanted control of all Canada to remain in Ottawa, wanted their puppet leader, Trudeau, to champion the BNA Act.

Lord Monck was the Governor of Quebec and he also became the first Governor General of the Dominion of Canada. He swore in Sir John A. Macdonald as the first prime minister on July 1, 1867. Monck sat in on all the discussions during the Quebec Conference of 1864. He knew what the drafters of the Quebec Resolutions intended and wanted, and as such was intimately acquainted with the thoughts and wishes of the delegation, which went to London, England December, 1866, hoping for a proper federation to occur with Britains's blessing.

Lord Thring of England, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury in Britain drafted the BNA Act as a result of what was happening; various conferences being held in Canada on becoming independent of Britain, and, the threat of war with the US. This all led to the creation of the BNA Act (British North America Act).

Lord Monck reported in the first six pages of his dispatch his personal observations of a plan of action. This was reported to the Right Honorable Edward Cardwell, British M.P. in Britain, in charge of the Colonial Department, Britain, who was the BNA Act's eventual author.
    In a confidential letter to Cardwell, written by Monck November 7, 1864, stamped received at Government House Quebec, November 25, 1864 (where Cardwell was), Monck wrote ...

Again, the BNA Act was a Private British Bill and as such goes first to their House of Lords for enactment, then to their House of Commons for assent. 

In England's House of Lords, the.Earl of Carnarvon, Secretary of the Colonies,.presented the BNA Act.to the House of Lords with these words about the Act as how the Canadian delegation had wanted it to be."The Bill opens.(*).by reciting the desire of the several provinces to be federally united....", showing that this page containing words by the Canadian delegation was indeed there. This.first page.was.deleted.because of what it said ==>.(*). This page of the BNA Act was deleted sometime after the House of Lords had received it and before it was brought to the attention of the members of the House of Commons in Britain. Britain was not about to allow the wording to be passed how the Canadian delegation wanted it to read..Research the word 'Britain' as compared to the word 'England'.

Then, after the deletion, clauses were added, and it's even changed since, to what is commonly known today. What the Canadian delegation wanted, and what Britain wanted were two different things. Guess who won out?

But for the reasons of the page deletion, the haste in pushing it through, the altered wordings, the admitting by Britain that the BNA was an intentional misrepresentation of fact, and the fact no original exists.(no wonder eh!), the whole thing was a farce, a sham, and worked ill right from the beginning..(but who was going to argue with powerful Britain back then, who would do whatever it would take to maintain her control of her colonies in what we know today as Canada. Britain had a firm grip that she was not about to relinquish?)

Considering all this and that Trudeau was no dummy, we are left with the possibility of the real reason for this repatriation thing.

The Story of the Little Boys, Daddy and 'Cch':.It's almost as if the 'little boys', the kids collectively called 'Provinces', felt they were 'grown up' enough to start out on their own and daddy 'Britain' kept saying no to them until one day he finally said ok.
    Daddy wanted to keep the hard working kids at home being part of the family for a while longer when they first expressed their desire to go out and be on their own, but it was also that daddy would continue to benefit and that's fair; he and mom brought them up.
    But when daddy's other kids (other of Britain's Dominions) started with the same tune, daddy knew he had to someday soon let all his kids go or forever be hated by them. So, daddy, not being a really bad daddy came up with a plan (the BNA Act) for the kids, to make them think they had become independent, yet all the while maintaining control. And daddy eventually even gave up on this as he saw that he could maintain control of them all by controlling the purse strings. This he did so he could keep a sort of watch on them while still continuing to benefit from his kids' efforts.
    Well, finally the time came when daddy got older and was well enough off financially and yes, did want his children to make their own way in the world. Adequately confident in his 'Provinces' kids that they had been around him long enough to be pretty much like him out there in the world, daddy felt that they could now make it ok on their own.
    So, being a pretty good dad overall, he set them totally free (the Statute of Westminster), but others who helped daddy in working with the children (Central Control 'Helpers' and from now on we'll just call them 'Cch', ok?) were a little afraid of the kids' new found status. They wanted things to continue for their advantage and did not want to be done out of their positions set up by daddy. This was reasonable enough as they had played their good parts too. But they were now desperate and somewhat confused because of all the changes with the kids getting out on their own, etc. and felt some desperation and worry over their own future. 'Cch' lacked the faith in the kids that the kids' daddy had shown. 'Cch' even felt threatened by the kids new freedom and full maturity and their 'leaving the nest'. 'Cch' wanted to keep the nest going. It was warm, the location was good, there was always money coming in for good things. They could easily find their way around, even in the dark, as they knew the place so well, besides, they hated packing and moving and ever the much more the older they became.
    So 'Cch' did things to try to trick the kids into thinking that their positons over them in helping daddy with their upbringing, were still needed. The kids were kept very busy. 'Cch' wanted to be sure that the kids 'just had enough to get by each month and 'Cch' had policies to ensure the kids would keep working for the benefit of, you guessed it,.'Cch'!
    But one day the kids began to think that this was somehow all the same as when they were still at home working hard for daddy's benefit. Then they realized that 'Cch' was just like daddy in his younger days and were using them for whatever benefit could accrue to them.
    As the years went by, the kids realized daddy's and 'Cch''s guidance (even their errors) were valuable and wanted daddy and 'Cch' to remain close to them until they could set up their own new family, as they, the kids wanted. Of course daddy and 'Cch' would never be discarded, as the kids felt that we really are just one big family and all the good and all the bads of the past have brought us and made us what is we are today. In spite of the tricks daddy and 'Cch' pulled, the kids still loved them and appreciated their earlier guidance, so much so, that they will use what was written down as a guide in forming the rest of their lives in this new found freedom of theirs.
    So, to sum it all up; the children had now arrived at full maturity and intelligence and were now wise enough and smart enough to carve out their lives from here on in for themselves and their soon to be growing family. Daddy and mommy's children were now very well equipped for this growth. This is why daddy originally chose to set them completely free and put it in a document called this Statute of Westminster. They had the benefit of daddy's upbringing, the special overseership of 'Cch' and had all this written down. This could all be used as a guide on forging into the future.

Those who wrote the BNA Act (the British) understood Canadians were pushing for self-government and that those in Upper Canada (Ontario) wanted control. But the control was not to be given to them. Britain would maintain control through her Governor General and his committee of men, half elected and half appointed (Commons and Senate), to aid and advise him in matters concerning the Dominion of Canada and things regarding the country he was in charge of.

The BNA Act was passed in the British Commons by a quorum after receiving it from the British House of Lords with a first page different from what Canadians had written. Sounds to me like few gave it little more than a cursory reading, apart from one Mr. Hatfield, a man concerned over how this was going to affect some 4 million Canadians.(at the time, the population of Canada;.see 2nd paragraph below). The next Act upon order paper in the House of Commons was the "Tax on Dogs". The House was crowded.

Lord Thring.tells us in his book.Parliamentary Rules and Forms.(the Canadian equivalent of which is Beauchesne's Parliamentary Rules and Forms) that "it is mandatory.that any Act be printed before it is introduced to the House of Commons". The BNA Act.was.printed when it reached the House of Lords.. Hallsbury.states:."An Act must be read and construed as a whole, though one subsequent section should bear a wider and another a more limited meaning".

Mr. Hatfield, back bencher in the House of Commons in England in 1867, asked the following question about the speed in pushing this Act through."Why all the haste in enacting this measure? I am not sure I will have anything against it, but it affects four million people.(Canada in 1867).and we should have an opportunity to study the measure, which is now in second reading and.it hasn't been printed".(from.Parliamentary Debates, Volume 185, page 1016).

Hatfield said this because when this.bill arrived at the House of Commons, the opening.page had been deleted. If it had not been deleted, Canada would have had its own self government with Britain's blessing back in 1867. Their House of Commons would have passed it. But as it appears, Britain's House of Lords (Upper House as it's called; the appointed ones) wasn't about to allow self-government in Canada, so 'someone' made sure that the first page referring to Canada's request was gone by the time it arrived at the House of Commons (Britain's Lower House) to be enacted. The power to enact a bill was with the Commons, the elected representatives.

On the surface Britain made it look as though Canadian wishes were being addressed: the delegation from Canada went all the way to England; they had their wishes on that first page of the document; it would be read by the House of Lords and then, hopefully enacted by the British House of Commons. But Britain, for reasons explained below, made sure the Canadian wishes were 'integrated' on British terms and under Britain's control. Although they had input, delegates from Canada had no part in drafting the British North America Act.

Lord Campbell, leader of the opposition knew the impact the BNA Act would have for Britain if it went to the Commons and was passed, and.if.it included the words about Canada's self government..Britain's national economy was sustained by.her possessions or colonies..These were her sources for raw materials, which were imported at a price Britain could set. In return, the colonies became the main market for Britain's exports, which because of tariffs imposed by Britain, could be marketed at a noncompetitive price. Now you know why Ottawa became so taken with 'central control'. They would do the same thing to the provinces.(*).that Britain did to Canada.

At least Britain had the right to do it. Ottawa just assumed it after December 11, 1931, the date of the Statute of Westminster. Ottawa saw how advantageous this 'control thing' was for Britain; after all, they were there to see it all, as they existed to aid and advise the British Governor General.(they and those under them.(*).(*)); they had learned all the tricks; so they found a way to perpetuate themselves in a control position for their benefit and the benefit of those who were their friends.(patronage appointments anyone? Let's see, who do I know of my family and/or friends, qualified or not, who I would like to see on the higher government payroll; hmm! perhaps I could create a few new departments for them to be in charge of and of course, we won't have to ask the people of Canada about all this, because we'll just do it).and families, who mostly lived in areas of Ontario and Quebec. Of course giving a.little.back to the Provinces we'll tax for all this, would be good,.(*).as it would look as though we're.really.governing for the benefit of all Canadians. So, we'll set up another ingenious idea to rake the Provinces.–.transfer payments. And, of course, we'll set up a bureaucracy to handle this, from where? Of course, Ottawa! And who will pay.–.guess who?

So, Canada's prime ministers wanted to retain the BNA Act, even fabricating documents to make it appear as though a 'confederation' actually existed, that the BNA was not dead and buried and that the Governor general was still in a fitting position and of course, that they were still needed in Ottawa. A clever twist in a power ploy to roll the power away from those to whom it rightfully belongs (and still does {the Provinces}) to those who wanted to grab it once the Governor General was made null and void.

Britain had given up all claim to her Canadian Colonies, the Provinces, pulling even the Governor General's position and leaving those who aided and advised him. They weren't about to take this, so they concocted a way around it, illegal as it was. Their little ploy provided for strong central control in the hands of, guess where? Ottawa. And now you know where the idea came for the many imbalances over so many decades where parts other than central Canada were placed purposely in a position of disadvantage, so central Canada could maintain the advantage.

This British bill, the BNA Act, being a private bill wasn't going to affect anyone but the British North American Colonies, the provinces collectively known as Canada (Dominion of Canada) and England, who stood the possibility of loss of her preferential.tariffs, once it passed through the House of Commons after coming from this House of Lords.

Lord Campbell on February 9, 1867 said in reply to Hatfield's concern "...one thing is clear, the preamble of the Resolution comes before us in clear and perfect authenticity, it cites the expediency of federating the Provinces of British North America".(and Britain was not about to allow this to happen).

Lord Campbell on February 26, 1867 on the second reading of the bill said."It would scarcely be possible to break the 'artificial unity'.('artificial' because the Governor General in Canada had the absolute authority from Britain in governing the area, and Britain knew damn well that they in this House of Lords and Commons weren't even going to entertain the idea about remaking their BNA Act to somehow fit the Canadians; and now this request is before them by the Canadian delegation sitting and waiting for word to take back to Canada; hmm, what should we do?, they may have asked themselves; hey! why not delete the first page and not tell anyone, then pass it to the Commons where there is only a handful of members sitting now with not much interest in Canada probably.
    This first page of the BNA Act ready to be enacted.–.this result of many Canadian conferences which eventually led to this first page requesting what the Canadians wanted, sitting there, now staring those in the House of Lords in the face; a request treated by Britain's House of Lords as completely unfounded, so Lord Campbell in effect said, 'we have come this far with this Canadian unity idea, which really all along, in order to keep the Canadians happy, was, to us, just a bunch of hogwash, just an artificial unity as far as we look at it', so let's see what we can do to circumvent it in a way it will hardly be noticed till it's too late).we now propose to organize". (Ibid., page 1016). So something was done. A page, the first page, the one the Canadian delegation had drafted from the results of so many previous conferences, the page the Canadians hoped would be passed, the page stating the Canadian wishes for forming their own nation, the page giving the reason for the whole Act, disappeared. Britain was disgusted over what the Canadians then wanted, as passing this bill, as is, would mean Britain would be 'shooting herself in the foot', and they were not about to do this.

Over the years a series of decisions by Britain's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.modified a few of the provisions of the 1867 BNA Act. Note, it was a British Act, modified by them, not a Canadian document that we of and by ourselves had any authority to create or alter and Britain altered it indeed. Canada had nothing at all to do with British decisions regarding this British Act, although the Canadians tried and were led along by Britain as though Britain was sympathetically inclined toward them. But, it was simply.their.Act, a British document delineating powers the British Parliament granted to its British appointed Governor General to ensure that British interests, which included all of Canada back then, were efficiently maintained for Britain's benefit.

In 1864 on September 1st at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, talks were held of a union with a proposal to unite the three British maritime colonies of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. At the last minute, delegates from what was then called.the Province of Canada.(United Province of Canada, which became Québec and Ontario {see Upper and Lower Canada}) joined them. The British North America Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1867. It created the Dominion of Canada out of.the United Province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

Note: decisions were made.by.Britain; Britain had control; showing Canada.did not form any confederation.where she would then have been able to govern her own affairs and experience her own destiny. This has been wanted by so many all thorughout Canada's history, but was kept from them until it was made possible by the Statute of Westminster, December 11, 1931; a document then as now kept from Canadians by smoke and mirrors.

No delegates from Canada back then had any part whatsoever in drafting the 1867 BNA Act. They simply wanted to use it as a guide to create their own country and hoped the first page they drafted and wanted to attach would be accepted, becoming an integral part of the BNA Act.
    No certified copy of the BNA Act was ever brought to Canada.(*). No signed, certified copy of this act is to be found in any Province's records. Don't you think that when all parties ratify an agreement that they should all at least have a copy of the agreement? None exists! We have not been taught the truth of our Canadian heritage. Con jobs have occured. The farce carries on. There is no confederation in Canada. There remains one to be properly formed.

What about since the Statute of Westminster's implementation on December 11, 1931 and up to the present? The Statutes of Westminster granted Canada it's independence and the Canadian parliament went on as if nothing had happened.
    The day after, the secretaries, the politicians, the building custodians, etc., showed up for work as they normally would, in order to earn their paycheques and carry on with their work of yesterday and this was good, otherwise, no one would have been there to run the country. Lightning had not struck the buildings, making them inaccessible. They were still there. The buses and cars on the roads still took them to their jobs. Things carried on as they normally would. But, a huge change was now possible. No one would lose their jobs. No one would receive anything negative out of this document. It was a very, very fine document, graciously put together and presented, I'm sure, with excitement by Britain, who had owned all of Canada and was now so kindly.giving it all.for us to make the best of this amazingly wonderful new opportunity. You may also have experienced 'giving up' your son or daughter as they enter a new relationship to have children of their own. They've all grown up and are on their way to a new exciting life with all sorts of new things to come across their life paths, making them even better persons. But what did Canada do about her new found freedom? Covered it up. And the result of all they did back then (cons) continues affecting us today......continues next page