Government of Canada

The Government of Canada, formally Her Majesty's Government, is the system whereby the federation of Canada is administered by a common authority; in Canadian English, the term can mean either the collective set of institutions or specifically the Queen-in-Council. In both senses, the construct was established at Confederation, through the Constitution Act, 1867, as a constitutional monarchy, wherein the Canadian ...

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Tuesday 19th March 1940

Suggested Anglo-French Declaration not to Conclude a Separate Peace.

extract Halifax circulates draft of joint memorandum with France: both nations to agree not to make a separate peace with Germany
place Great Britain
place Paris
place Northern Ireland
organisation Government of Canada
 

Monday 27th May 1940

Construction of Aerodromes and Naval Bases by the United States in British Colonies and Dominions.

extract Chiefs of Staff “strongly” in favour of lease of UK bases in Trinidad, Newfoundland, Bermuda to US in exchange for credit
person Telesforo Trinidad
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Washington
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Government of Canada
organisation United States Congress
 

Iceland.

extract Chiefs of Staff urge reinforcement of occupying UK force in Iceland with 5 battalions of Canadian troops
place Iceland
place Northern Ireland
organisation Government of Canada
 

Monday 3rd June 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Dominions Secretary to invite Canadian government to take over defence of Iceland from occupying British force
extract Cabinet approves changes to UK bombing rules. Chamberlain: German action provides "fullest justification" for proposals
extract Report from Rome of German plan to move troops from Naples to Cadiz for attack on Ireland. Halifax: “Unwise to ignore”
extract Total number of evacuees at 0600 BST: 292,380. Halifax: Total not to be released to Press because of French objections
extract Situation confused. Unclear how many French now at bridgehead. Germans not pressing attack but beach under artillery fire
extract PM: Personnel of BEF have been withdrawn to this country "practically intact". French could do more to evacuate
person Alexander Cadogan
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
place Halifax Peninsula
place Iceland
place Dunkirk
place Paris
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Rome
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation United States Navy
organisation Government of Canada
 

Preparations for Home Defence.

extract Eden lays out status of home defence: 300,000 defence volunteers, 47 coastal batteries, progress on preventing landings
person Anthony Eden
place Northern Ireland
organisation Government of Canada
 

Meeting minutes

extract Home Office report enemy aliens being locked up as fast as facilities can be provided. Reliable aliens being "combed out"
extract PM concerned at rise in number of children for evacuation overseas. Information Minister to stress transport limits
extract French government's move to Perpignan for evacuation to N. Africa cancelled. Position on Fleet may have changed for worse
extract Military evacuation of Channel Islands complete. Evacuation of residents wishing to leave will be finished later today
extract British evacuation from France now complete (144,180 returned to UK). Some Polish troops still awaiting embarkation
person Walter Hines Page
place Great Britain
place Somaliland
place Egypt
place Iceland
place Liverpool
place Malta
place Nigeria
place Africa
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Libya
organisation Home Office
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation RAF Coastal Command
organisation Government of Canada
organisation French Foreign Legion
 

Economic Help from the Americas. Text of a Telegram despatched to H.M. Ambassador, Washington.

extract Washington embassy instructed to approach US government for more economic support and to deny resources to Germany, Italy
person Arthur Greenwood
place Europe
place Washington
place West Germany
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Government of Canada
organisation United States Congress
 

Saturday 6th July 1940

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet told French cruiser accidentally sunk without warning yesterday. UK to apologise and restate warning policy
extract Cabinet agrees to pause overseas evacuation of UK children. Vessels cannot be escorted and so are at too great a risk
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Samuel Hoare
person Richard Kiel
person Clement Attlee
person Robert Craigie (diplomat)
person Chiang Kai-shek
place Great Britain
place Hamburg
place Halifax Peninsula
place North America
place Gibraltar
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Portsmouth
organisation Home Office
organisation Luftwaffe
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Government of Canada
 

Grant of air facilities to the United States.

extract Halifax details plan to grant airbases to US. "In future" US may be responsible for guarding "English-speaking peoples"
place Great Britain
place Iceland
place Bermuda
place Caribbean
place North America
place Jamaica
place Europe
place South America
place Washington
place West Germany
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation United States Department of State
organisation United States Navy
organisation Government of Canada
organisation United States Congress
organisation United States Army
 

Meeting minutes

extract Cabinet waters down proposed naval blockade. PM has "grave doubts", Attorney-General says plan breaches international law
extract Dominions governments to be told their requirements for aircraft cannot be met due to "peril of invasion" facing Britain
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person Clement Attlee
place South Africa
place North America
place Europe
place Kenya
place Africa
organisation United States Department of State
organisation United States Navy
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Government of Canada
 

Friday 6th September 1940

Meeting minutes

extract PM to contact Canadian government to try and gain access to French gold held by Bank of Canada to help UK dollar position
person William Lyon Mackenzie King
organisation New Zealand Treasury
organisation Government of Canada
 

Thursday 24th October 1940

Meeting minutes

extract General Dill: "No confirmation" of this morning's Press report UK inflicted 400 losses on Italian forces in the Sudan
extract Air Chief: Enemy activity yesterday "on a reduced scale". Attacks mostly from Norway where weather conditions were better
extract Cabinet directs War Secretary to decline invitation to Iraq on security grounds. Foreign Office will blame lack of time
extract PM proposes new Supreme War Council including Dominions, Free France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Poland and Czechoslovakia
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Herbert Morrison
person Stafford Cripps
person Maxime Weygand
person Kingsley Wood
place Egypt
place Cranborne
place Halifax Peninsula
place Iraq
place Madrid
place Sudan
place Khartoum
place Greenwood, Nova Scotia
place Czechoslovakia
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation House of Commons of the United Kingdom
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation Foreign and Commonwealth Office
organisation Government of Canada
 

Monday 4th November 1940

Meeting minutes

extract General Dill: "Possibility" of Italian advance into Egypt. Greece situation "still obscure". RAF will report tomorrow
extract Air Chief: Enemy air attacks "on a low scale" over weekend. A number of attacks on East Coast convoys, no casualties
person Alexander Cadogan
person Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
person Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges
person Andrew Greenwood
person John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
person Herbert Morrison
person Samuel Hoare
person Ernest Bevin
person Kingsley Wood
person Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso
person Clement Attlee
person John Dill
person Jean Bart
place Greece
place Egypt
place Cranborne
place Gisborne, New Zealand
place Halifax Peninsula
place Malta
place Toulon
organisation Home Office
organisation Government of Canada
organisation Daily Mirror
 

Wednesday 11th December 1940

Reports for the Month of November 1940 for the Dominions, India, Burma and the Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories.

extract India Secretary: Civil disobedience continuing and spreading. Mr. Gandhi has extended considerably his anti-war campaign
person Charles de Gaulle
place South Africa
place Greece
place Egypt
place Hong Kong
place Singapore
place Jamaica
place Kenya
place Burma
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation Royal Air Force
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation United States Navy
organisation Royal Navy
organisation Government of Canada
 

Wednesday 5th February 1941

Co-operation with the Netherlands East Indies.

extract Foreign Secretary Eden proposes mutual defence pact with Dutch East Indies and Burma, Malaya and Borneo
person Anthony Eden
place Hong Kong
place Burma
organisation Hopatcong High School
organisation Foreign Office (Germany)
organisation Government of Canada
 

Friday 18th April 1941

Reports for the Month of March 1941 for the Dominions, India, Burma and the Colonies, Protectorates and Mandated Territories.

extract India Secretary: Mr. Gandhi's anti-war civil disobedience has now entered "third stage". Public interest generally low
person William Patrick Stuart-Houston
person E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
person Malcolm MacDonald
place Great Britain
place Ethiopia
place Berlin
place Republic of China
place Burma
organisation Air Force F.C.
organisation Parliament of the United Kingdom
organisation Government of Canada
organisation Indian National Congress