HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canada–United States Border, Ignace Bourget, Dominion Lands Act
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John a. macdonald, prime minister 1867-1873, 1878-1881 o. Alexander mackenzie was prime minister from 1873 to 1878. Macdonald looked to geography, economic policy, a railway and immigration to forge a nation o. Alexander mackenzie"s government continued to slowly build the railway (public ownership) Elected at the beginning of a deep recession o. Manufactured goods and people go east to west. High tariffs would encourage industrialization and manufacturing employment o o. Only works if there is a big enough population to employ those jobs. New group agrees to build and operate the canadian pacific railway: george stephen, In return, the group was promised: o o o o. million (roughly equal to the annual national revenue) 25 million acres (1/5 of the prairies fit for settlement) 3 killed for every mile of track in british columbia. Chinese paid /day, white unskilled labourers paid . 50/day. Purpose: protect infant canadian industries against their american competitors (17%+) o o.
