The Ninety-two Resolutions, 21 February, 1834

Elzéar Bédard, the first mayor of Québec, introduced the resolutions. They illustrate the attitudes of Louis-Joseph Papineau and his followers.

Document Summary:
This document lays out the demands of Louis Joseph Papineau and his colleagues in the Lower Canada House of Assembly. In general, it attacked the abuses of the governor and the Legislative and Executive Councils. Some resolutions include:

• Resolution 5: That the House of Assembly in Lower Canada has tried to adopt the constitutional government in Britain (i.e.: executive responsible to the House).
  
  
• Resolution 9: The Constitutional Act, 1791, gave too much power to the government.
  
  
• Resolution 12: The Legislative Council should be elective.
  
  
• Resolution 43: The Government of Lower Canada need not be solely modeled on British government.
  
  
• Resolution 64: The executive government's claims to control of most revenues are contrary to the constitution.
  
  
• Resolution 66: The executive government has been obtaining revenues through the sale of waste lands and timber from those lands.
  
  
• Resolution 79: The House of Assembly has the same rights as Parliament in Britain.
  
  
• Resolution 84: Lists specific abuses of the executive.