This is the Balfour declaration of 1926 not, perhaps better known internationally, the Balfour declaration of 1917 (from the same individual) which related to Palestine. The 1926 declaration involved recognition, or granting, perhaps depending on point of view, of new degrees of autonomy for Canada. See Wikipedia articles below for details on the declaration and the implications of dominion status. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration_1926 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion

Balfour Declaration was announced by the then foreign minister of Britain,Earl Balfour in the year 1916.By this declaration the British lodged their support in favor of establishing an independent state of Israel for the Jews.

Balfour Brickner was born on 1926-11-18.

It is the Balfour Declaration, named for the British politician Arthur Balfour who proposed the establishment of a Jewish state in the British Protectorate of Palestine.
Balfour Declaration

That would be the Statute of Westminster, a result of the Balfour Declaration of 1926.