Political Differences Between Canada West And East

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The English and French speaking sides of Canada west and east were always debating each other. In the legislative assembly, each had an equal number of seats. In 1841, Canada east and Canada west was a part of the united province of Canada. There were 4 parties, 2 for Canada west, and 2 for Canada east. This made it possible because for one group to stop legislation that the other group wanted to pass. In each coalition, at least one party had to co-operate to form a government. The power coalition government had a difficult time getting a strong majority to pass the legislation. So this is when they got into election and political deadlock to improve their government.