Torticollis is a condition in which the neck muscles cause the head to turn or rotate to the side. Torticollis may be: 1  Inherited -- due to changes in your genes.  Acquired -- develops as a result of damage to the nervous system, upper spine, or muscles.
In Canada responsible government is more commonly described as an executive or Cabinet that is dependent on the support of an elected assembly, rather than on the monarch. Responsible government refers to a government that is responsible to the people.
In this Canadian context, confederation generally describes the political process that united the colonies in the 1860s, related events and the subsequent incorporation of other colonies and territories.hat act, which united the Province of Canada with the colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, came into effect on July 1 that year. The act replaced the Act of Union (1840) which had previously unified Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the united Province of Canada.