the fathers of confederation met at the quebec conference of 1864 to discuss the terms of this new union. one issue on the agenda was to determine the union's "feudal rank" (see "resolution 71" of the quebec conference, 1864). the candidates for the classification of this new union were: "the kingdom of canada" ("le royaume du canada"), "the realm of canada" ("le royaume du canada"), "the union of canada" ("l'union du canada"), and "the dominion of canada" ("le dominion du canada").