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Mr. Bliss, a New Brunswick-born lawyer in London, publishes a pamphlet outlining a controversial government plan for the Canadas, including disfranchisement in Montreal to favor the oligarchy and strict property qualifications for legislators; the Quebec Mercury calls it absurd and unjust.
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Mr. Bliss proposes a government plan for the Canadas involving disfranchisement in Montreal to favor oligarchy, dual representation for free-holders and censitaires, transfers between councils, property qualifications for members, alternating parliament locations, and united provincial debts; the plan is criticized as absurd and unjust by the Quebec Mercury.