Abstract
In the spring of 1910, the premier of Ontario, J.P. Whitney, was celebrating. Canadas attorney general, A.B. Aylesworth, had recently announced the rejection of a petition by the Canadian Privy Council to disallow an act staying court cases challenging contracts recently signed between municipalities and Ontario’s publically owned Hydro-Electric Power Commission.1 Whitneys government had established the commission in 1906, and, under the leadership of Adam Beck, it sought to distribute electrical power generated at Niagara Falls cheaply throughout Southern and Western Ontario.2 This had brought the government of Ontario into conflict with financial interests in Canada and in the City of London. As Whitney told the Toronto Mail and Empire:
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Smart Globalization |
| Subtitle of host publication | The Canadian Business and Economic History Experience |
| Editors | Andrew Smith, Dimitry Anastakis |
| Place of Publication | Toronto |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 31-58 |
| Number of pages | 28 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781442616127, 9781442648043 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Please note that the University of Toronto Press Website has not put up the correct title of the output. This is the correct title!Keywords
- smart
- globalization
- canada
- dilley
- ontario
- hydroelectric power
- city
- london
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Andrew Dilley
- School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, History - Senior Lecturer
- School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, Centre for Global Security and Governance
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