12 mai 1870 - The Manitoba Act

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Manitoba was created in result of the Red River Resistance which went on from 1869-1870. It was an attempt for the Canadian government to be at peace with the Métis. The Manitoba Act which created the small province received Royal Assent on May 12 of 1870. Although Sir John A. Macdonald was quite reluctant for Manitoba to enter as a province and not a territory, in the end Manitoba entered as a province. In Manitoba, both the rights of the English & French language were protected, and Protestant & Roman Catholic educational rights were protected as well, but English & French education rights were not protected. The province, although very small, had 4 seats in the federal government, which pushed strong representation. Manitoba was created to essentially be a Métis province, but it could not support itself in terms of money. Quite a lot of benefits promised by the Manitoba Act did not last long, 1,500 troops moved in from Ottawa to Manitoba, and white settlers began to start moving into Manitoba. Since the Métis had little exposure to financial and legal systems located in Eastern Canada, they unknowingly cheated themselves out of entitlement rights.

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