10 Potential Contaminant Source Inventory The first task of the source water protection planning group was to locate on maps the facilities that they believed could present a substantial threat to their drinking water if a major spill or release occurred, due to the amounts and/or types of chemicals presumably used.
The British Parliament passed the British North America Act in 1867. The Dominion of Canada was officially born on July 1, 1867. Until 1982, July 1 was celebrated as âDominion Dayâ to commemorate the day that Canada became a self-governing Dominion. Today it is officially known as Canada Day.
Canada is considered a sovereign nation and has been a sovereign nation since 1867, 1931, or at the latest, 1982. Even though Canada as Queen Elizabeth II as it's monarch, it is as Queen of Canada, and no longer as Queen of the UK. ------- The sovereignty of Canada has been debatable throughout it's history. The British North America Act of 1867 is the beginning of Canada as a nation, but not totally sovereign. The Statute of Westminster (1931) transferred several political powers from the UK parliament to the Canadian Parliament.