Did the Canadian and Australian colonists have issue with "taxation without representation"?

To my knowledge like the US states when when they were colonies there was never any direct parliamentary representation for Canadians or Australians in Westminster when they were under direct rule.

Why did it seems like the idea of taxes without direct parliamentary representation not appear to be nearly as big an issue as it was for the Americans?
 
To my knowledge like the US states when when they were colonies there was never any direct parliamentary representation for Canadians or Australians in Westminster when they were under direct rule.

Why did it seems like the idea of taxes without direct parliamentary representation not appear to be nearly as big an issue as it was for the Americans?
Keep in mind how high some taxes were. The Cornish had to pay twenty times the price of salt in taxes. And I think the British have responsible government more quickly to these areas, though the Canadians and Australians had some revolts to speed things up.
 
Upper Canada was so thinly settled that it was pretty well a non-issue pre-revolution, and Lower Canada was predominantly Francophone and was pretty leery of American ambitions at the time.

And post Revolution Britain kept taxes fairly low in the Canadas and had some small representation at the local parliaments.
 
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