Province of Canada 1859 to 1866. In 1857, Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the permanent capital of the Province of Canada, initiating construction of Canada's first parliament buildings, on Parliament Hill. The first stage of this construction was completed in 1865, just in time to host the final session of the last parliament of the Province of Canada before Confederation. The Governor General remained the head of the civil administration of the colony, appointed by the British government, and responsible to it, not to the local legislature. He was aided by the Executive Council and the Legislative Council. The Executive Council aided in
British Columbia Lottery Corporation Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) was incorporated under what was then the provincial "Company Act," and which has been subsequently replaced by the "Business Corporations Act". While incorporated under the same law as any other corporate entity in the Canadian province of British Columbia, it is without share capital and has only one shareholder. That shareholder is the province of British Columbia. This ownership structure makes BCLC what is known as, in Canada parlance, a "Crown corporation". To understand BCLC's corporate structure one must also refer to the provincial "Gaming Control Act" (GCA). The GCA stipulates that despite being incorporated under