Shay Mitchell. Shay Mitchell was born Shannon Mitchell in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to a Filipino mother and a father of Irish and Scottish descent. Even as a young child, she was interested in the performing arts, declaring to her parents that she would pursue such a career.
T he first Navigation Act was passed by the Rump Parliament in October 1651 in the wake of an unsuccessful diplomatic attempt by Oliver St John and Walter Strickland to negotiate an alliance between the English Commonwealth and the United Provinces of the Netherlands. he first Navigation Act was passed by the Rump Parliament in October 1651 in the wake of an unsuccessful diplomatic attempt by Oliver St John and Walter Strickland to negotiate an alliance between the English Commonwealth and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.
Early versions of the Indian Act were clearly designed to assimilate First Nations people. (Library and Archives Canada/PA-042133). Since Canada was created in 1867, the federal government has been in charge of aboriginal affairs.thers have signed onto the First Nations Land Management Act, enacted by Ottawa in 1999, while remaining subject to the Indian Act. They have thus acquired certain powers in the management of reserve lands, resources and the environment.