POLI 243 Chapter 15: Power, Money, and Trade

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4 Sep 2016

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• Canadian Politics 1911: Discusses system level (mixed trends in tariffs, US market

liberalizing/more receptive, and Canadian ties with Britain), domestic level (economic downturn,

different intra-industry desires e.g. cattle farmers vs prairie farmers, Torie-Nationaliste alliance

under Henri Bourrassa in Quebec, manufacturers focus on processing raw goods/competition

with the US, advertising nationalism), and bureaucratic/individual reasons (Sifton supporting

farmers' interests in Alberta, effect of US monopolies on Canadian industry/nationalism) for the

decisive conservative victory in the 1911(Reciprocity) election

• New Commission to consider ' a scientific tariff', blocked by liberals in parliament

• Reject freer trade with US

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