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1 HISTORY 304 0 CANADA AND THE WORLD Dr. Curtis Cole Trent University @ UOIT Canada-U.S. Economic Relations: Part One October 5, 2009

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4  FTA 1989 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Brian Mulroney Prime Minister 1984-1993

5  FTA 1989  NAFTA 1994 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Brian Mulroney Prime Minister 1984-1993 Jean Chrétien Prime Minister 1993-2003 Robert Bourassa Premier of Quebec 1970-1976, 1985-1994

6  Free Trade  POLITICS  IDEOLOGY  left vs. right  Tariffs = subsidies  ECONOMIC SELF-INTEREST  NATIONALISM  Canadian independence  Proponents of Free Trade:  Economics  Opponents of Free Trade:  Nationalism Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

7  THE NATIONAL POLICY John A. Macdonald, 1878  Railway Promotion  Immigration & Western Settlement  Protective Tariff Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

8  Protective Tariff  to protect infant industries  Immigration and Settlement  to prevent American occupation  Railway  to facilitate both Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

9  Metropolitan Economy  Successful  Macdonald the Nation Builder Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

10  Mercantilism  Corn Laws  repealed 1840s  Reciprocity Treaty with U.S., 1854  revoked 1866 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

11  Confederation, 1867  laissez-faire Canada-U.S. Economic Relations vs. protectionism

12  Alexander Mackenzie Prime Minister 1873-1878 (Liberal) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

13  Alexander Mackenzie  Liberal Prime Minister, 1873-1878  Richard Cartwright  Minister of Finance Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

14  Alexander Mackenzie  Liberal Prime Minister, 1873-1878  Richard Cartwright  Minister of Finance  Charles Tupper  Conservative Finance Critic Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

15  John A. Macdonald  re-elected 1878  “National Policy” Canada-U.S. Economic Relations  Canadian Nationalism  Economic Boosterism  Anti-Americanism

16 Paul Craven & Tom Traves, “The Class Politics of the National Policy, 1872-1933,” Journal of Canadian Studies, Fall 1979, 14-38 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

17 CRAVEN & TRAVES MODEL INDUSTRY LABOURFARMERS Tariff (income) Immigration (labour supply) Tariff (prices) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

18 Tom Naylor, The History of Canadian Business, 1867-1914  two types of business  older, “natural” growth  opposed the tariff  newer, large scale, large financing  favoured the tariff Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

19 Branch Plants Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Michael Bliss, “Canadianizing American Business: The Roots of the Branch Plant,” Ian Lumsden (ed.) Close The 49th Parallel, etc. (Toronto, 1970)

20 Anti-Tariff Liberal Leaders Alexander Mackenzie 1867-1880 Edward Blake 1880-1887 Wilfrid Laurier 1887-1919 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

21 Wilfrid Laurier Prime Minister 1896-1911 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations

22 NEXT CLASS (October 19) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations – Part Two Reading: Stacey, vol. I, pp. 122-171 HISTORY 304 0 CANADA AND THE WORLD


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