HIST261 Lecture Notes - Breadbasket, War Profiteering, Industrial Unionism
25 Feb 2014
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Sir wilfrid laurier was the prime minister from 1896 to 1911 and was lucky enough tor be in charge during a transformative period which included the development of the western provinces. He was also big on finding what he called the sunny way" which was supposed to be the happy medium between two opposing force but usually resulted in those force being equally unhappy (the french and english interests). Immigration during this period was huge, almost 5 million people came to cnd up until 1921, though 88% of cnd was still french or english speaking. Internal migration was also shifting, more people were moving to ontario and the west while many people in qc and the maritimes were leaving cnd. In 1905 on september 1st laurier brought alberta and saskatchewan into existence (hereafter. In 1930 ab and sk got these rights back and then 1947 oil was found in leduc.
