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What did George Moffatt's motion in the Legislative Assembly aim to achieve?

  • Allow French in provincial Parliament

  • Abolish the fur trade

  • Increase taxes on imports

  • Establish a national bank

Answer

During his second term in the Legislative Assembly, George Moffatt seconded a motion calling on the British government to amend the Union Act, 1840, to allow French to be used in the provincial Parliament on the same status as English.
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