POLS 3125 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Terra Nullius, Habitants, Seigneurial System Of New France

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3125
• Professor: Glen Goshulak

Document Summary

First national polices were a series of regional policies designed to ensure that the west remained a captive of canadian capital: raised tariffs; transcontinental railways; immigration. 5 stages: establish state power over northwest territories, remove native population from developable land, reserve system, creation of transportation and communication links through railway monopoly, white settlement, expansion of internal market. First national policy and immigration: before 1890, exclusively from british aisles, when numbers decreased, immigration opened up to us, eastern europe, Canada"s national policy began as highly protective tariff of sir john a macdonald in. 1879 and for some it continues to mean simply that. Spirit of national policy went much deeper than railways, immigrants, and tariffs: beneath these external manifestations was will to build/maintain separate. Major policy instruments: protective tariff; national support for transcontinental railways; open door immigration policy; land policy designed to encourage settlement and build railways. Outlines of policy: territorial expansion of canadian state to include colony of british columbia,