POL336Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Big Government, Capitalism, Socalled

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Pol336 lecture 2: introduction to the ontario political tradition (l. g. Origins of ontario"s big government tradition: loyalists arrived in a colony already extensively governed by the british. British recognized their obligations to loyalists > but new colony of upper canada yes, the british recognized they had obligations to the loyalists. Canada (ontario) was no land of free enterprise. Loyalists entered physical environment already being structured by government (the. Govt. has been central presence in development of ontario right from beginning: example: importance of govt. to economic and social development. Governor controlled land development from outset > loyalists were eligible for free land, but british government controlled how that land was distributed: 1784: governor haldimand opened 13 townships along the st. lawrence river and west of. British state attempted to use its power to: (a) create on ontario & (b) create on ontario frontier a society that reflected british concepts of order.

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