WDW101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 03: William Cornelius Van Horne, Northern Pacific Railway, Hugh Allan
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Emerging english-canadian and french- canadian expressions of nationalism. English-speaking canadian nationalists launched the canada first. Movement in ottawa in the spring of 1868. They saw english- speaking canadians as the northmen of the new world. French canadians and native peoples rejected canada first. Movement"s vision of the new dominion as a means of propaganda and promotion of an english protestant canada. French canadians envisioned a french-speaking, roman catholic nation and so ignace bourget, and his disciple louis-fran ois. Lafl che led a ultramontane movement within the roman catholic church with the goal of having the church run the state. The ultramontanes began a political movement in 1871 and issued a. Programme catholique, which proclaimed the church"s right to advise roman catholics on how to vote, which were for the bleus (conservatives). A number of french-canadian politicians opposed the mixing of religion and politics including conservatives such as george- tienne.