resolution of the Manitoba school question in a way that preserved non-denominational education [see Thomas Greenway

abolition of public funding for Catholic schools [see Thomas Greenway]. Despite his commitment to

question [see Thomas Greenway], he rediscovered all his ultramontane fervour and made plain his

Greenway]. Laurier’s policy was to negotiate with Manitoba. Mowat’s concurrence was a warrant that Laurier would show due regard for provincial rights and for the sensibilities of Catholic and

government of Thomas Greenway in its efforts to abolish the dual public school system. Elected to the Legislative Assembly for Morris as an independent in 1896, he was defeated in 1899, whereupon he

school question [see Thomas Greenway]. On the first, he stood with Chapleau and the government of Sir

Greenway]. He subsequently restricted his public life to the courtroom. Osler’s health failed in 1900, and he died the following year. His

province [see Thomas Greenway]. During the federal election campaign of 1891, he urged Catholics to vote

would support the remedial legislation on the Manitoba school system [see Thomas Greenway], deeply

Greenway’s government. Laurier, just recently elected, feared the reaction of Quebec’s Catholic bishops to an agreement, for as leader of the opposition he had delayed the passage of

school question [see Thomas Greenway]. Perhaps he could see little personal gain from debate. In

Manitoba as it fought to re-establish the dual public school system abolished by the government of Thomas Greenway

Greenway, but the plan failed. Humiliated, Scarth considered exposing the deal, but his sizeable family and his financial straits led him to decide otherwise. Faced with opposition from the CNWLC

Greenway] distanced him from French Canadian Catholics in Bowell’s cabinet. Fearing the conflict that might arise from federal coercion, Smith sought compromise and delay. When remedial action

Greenway], his leadership in educational matters in the 1880s influenced the development of Protestant schools into non-denominational public schools modelled on those in Ontario. Throughout his

[see Thomas Greenway

Greenway], he violently attacked Laurier, who was too much the opportunist for his liking. In his last editorial, dictated on his deathbed in 1905, he denounced Laurier’s “betrayal” in giving up

Bourassa* went to Winnipeg to negotiate a settlement of the school question with Thomas Greenway, Joseph

Greenway]. Emotions were further aroused when Sir John Sparrow David Thompson*, a convert to Catholicism, became prime

Greenway]. Elected prime minister in 1896 and embroiled in this controversy, Laurier came to see the logic of Évanturel’s thinking. In late 1896 he began to put considerable pressure on his