HIS263Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: John Sparrow David Thompson, Clifford Sifton, Oliver Mowat
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Wilfred laurier 1896 1911: liberal party. Cabinet: w. s fielding (ns), oliver mowat (on), a. g. blair (nb), Clifford sifton (mb) level; 3 million people came to canada own school systems (compromise made by laurier) End of availability of most of farmland on american frontier. Canada still had western frontier that needed settlement. Under observation of sifton, immigration took place at an extreme. Both catholic and protestant minorities would be able to create their. Provincial government would still have control over the schools. After 1905, manitoba insisted that their boundary would be increased. Westerners also wanted a railway with access to a hudson"s bay port. Maritimes saw themselves as losing power; declining representation in. Laurier built support on the two major provinces (similarly to. Growing nationalist movement in quebec; caused a problem for to obtain similar land mass of alberta house of commons. Saw canada to be bilingual and multicultural.
