 The guarantee to leave several essential elements of governance – most notably education and health care – in the hands of the provinces created the conditions for a sense of disconnect, if not disunity.The teacher associations recognized an opportunity to create an organization that could bridge that gap and connect colleagues across the country.It took nearly 25 years for the perceived barriers to be cleared and for the Dominion Education Association – later to become the Canadian Education Association – to be launched in 1891.