The north side of Province House in Prince Edward Island (PEI). Both PEI and Nova Scotia unanimously passed the resolution for UNESCO designation.
designated. The standard would not be whether other buildings are of equal significance to it, any more than the numerous churches around the world designated as World Heritage Sites are all equal; the element of similarity is inevitable but not exclusionary. However, there must be something
unique and of significance to others outside the country of origin. Just as the Palace of
Westminster is indisputably of great importance within the terms of UNESCO’s criteria, so too are some of the creations in its image within its former colonies, modified and adapted to local conditions yet
demonstrating fidelity to the original. In fact, the original can only be fully understood both in its structural presence and in its procedural operation if it is viewed in the context of its offspring in an interconnected group known as the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. While the Parliament