Talk:Annexation Bill of 1866

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Shouldn't "Canada East" and "Canada West" be related to the present-day Quebec and Ontario? Rlquall 20:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree - the bill called for the admission of the historical Province of Canada, which was made up of Canada East and Canada West. While they have since evolved into the modern provinces of Ontario and Quebec, it is correct from a historical context to link to the articles about their prior status.  I would also suggest we link to articles about pre-confederation New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, except that I am fairly certain such articles do not exist, having looked for the Nova Scotia article in the past. --8.11.254.188 (talk) 21:23, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Passed or not passed?
Was this bill passed or not? This reference from Collections Canada says it was.

User:Rjensen has said it was not passed, and listed as a reference for this. I can find nothing there to indicate what happened to the bill. The image there says it was read twice, referred to a committee, and ordered to be printed. There's nothing I can see to indicate whether it did or didn't go any further than this. Maybe someone more familiar than I am with U.S. legislative procedures could clarify this.

I'm quite prepared to believe it didn't pass if evidence is presented. As is, I'm going to leave it as saying that it did pass because the Collections Canada reference said it did, though that's not a great reference. --Saforrest 20:56, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The reference gives the complete history of the bill--it was referred to committee and nothing else happened. That is, it did not come back from committee and therefore was never voted upon. Rjensen 21:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

no vote on Banks bill
 In 1866, General Nathaniel P. Banks, representative from Massachusetts and chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced a bill calling for the annexation of the British provinces to the United States.... Banks' bill never came to a vote." from The Idea of Continental Union: Agitation for the Annexation of Canada to the United States, 1849-1893.'' by Donald Frederic Warner; University of Kentucky Press. 1960. Page 66. Rjensen 21:11, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

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Last paragraph of the intro
The last paragraph starting with “ Its introduction and similar interest in..” seems highly speculative and, alongside being unsourced, doesn’t seem to provide and informational content beyond the conjecture of the author.

Although I’m inclined to agree with the sentiment of the paragraph, I don’t think it should be kept up as it doesn’t provide the viewer with anything substantial. Those who wear purple (talk) 10:00, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

As is I’m going to omit the paragraph until it can be reworded/defended Those who wear purple (talk) 10:01, 6 December 2022 (UTC)