POLS 3125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Charles Webster Leadbeater, Responsible Government, Transcontinental Railroad
20 Dec 2017
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Wheat: upper canada biggest winners: creates backwards, forwards, demand linkages. First development strategy: mercantilist-inspired development policies of imperial britain, canadian bourgeoisie: primarily commercial orientation, links to british mercantilism, depended on preferential tariffs in britain. British industrial revolution (mid 19th century: collapse of mercantilism, new phase of capitalist accumulation, britain abandons preferential tariffs and navigation laws, corn laws repealed. Raised tariffs: trans-continental railway, massive land grants. Internal colonization"? (d. leadbeater: the first national policies were a series of regional policies designed to ensure that the. West remained a captive of canadian capital: 5 stages, 1-establish state power over northwest territories", 2-remove native population from developable land. Reserve" system: 3-creation of transportation and communication links, cpr monopoly, 4-white settlement, 5-expansion of internal market. First national policy: spatial bias: favours central canada, maritimes: from industrial promise to de-industrialization takeovers by montreal firms lead to dismantled industry in smaller maritimes, westward bias of fnp, west: wheat boom, higher freight rates.
