CHC2D. Transcontinental RAILWAY COMPROMISE IMMIGRATION AND THE DOOR OPEN RECIPROCITY.

CHC2D

Transcontinental RAILWAY

COMPROMISE

IMMIGRATION AND THE DOOR OPEN

RECIPROCITY

Canada in full expansion

Economy on the rise

Abundance of natural resources

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL!

Wilfrid Laurier quote: "The nineteenth century belonged to the United States, in my opinion, the twentieth will belong to Canada"

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Prime Minister (Liberal) 1896-1911

Francophone, Quebecer, charismatic, an excellent speaker,

THE KING OF COMPROMISE: Manitoba School Act

- Reciprocity Treaty Admiration by the people of the time

Criticism from historians

Manitoba School Act The question of sovereignty The Boer War The Naval Crisis The American expansionism (Alaska) The Reciprocity Treaty

The Naval Service Bill of 1910 was a piece of Canadian government

 legislation, which was put forward by Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

Prior to the bill's introduction Canada did not have a navy of its own, a

state of affairs that left the Dominion dependent on the British Royal Navy

 for maritime defence. The Naval Service Bill was intended to provide

Canada with a separate naval force, but one that, if needed, could be

placed under British control during time of war. By the end of 1910, the 

Royal Canadian Navy was created with a fleet of two former British Royal

Navy vessels.[1] Both French-Canadian nationalists and British-Canadian

imperialists opposed the bill, which eventually led to the fall of Laurier’s

government and the Naval Service Bill being replaced by a new bill put

forward by Prime Minister Robert Borden in 1912.[2]

Transcontinental railroad: - Through the entire Canada - Assistance to the economy - Toronto and Montreal are at the center

of rail - Laurier's government invests 230

million - A great company ...

the "National Transcontinental "

Natural resources and raw materials sector are the main elements of the economy at the time

(factories for wood, paper, mining, fishing, etc.).

Export to the United States and Europe

Gold Rush West = EXPANSION AND COLONIZATION

Discovery of minerals in Northern Ontario (Cobalt, Sudbury, Timmins)

Creation of national and international companies (Stelco)

AN INTERESTING WEBSITE…

Clifford Sifton and immigration = MAJOR PROJECT OF PROPAGANDA TO BRING "GOOD" IMMIGRANTS

Canada presents itself as the IDEAL country ! In your opinion, is this true?

Frank Oliver = CONTRARY SIFTON he wants to reduce the number of non-English speaking immigrants (THE IMMIGRATION ACT)

Immigrants were not always well received by Canadians

Primary source (testimony of Ah Sing) p. 38

Transcontinental RAILWAY

COMPROMISE

RECIPROCITY