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Macdonald, Sir John Alexander
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......the provinces as the Dominion of Canada. His policy as prime minister was dominated by the vigorous attempt to build Canada. Believing that the dominion...the advocate of a protectionist policy (known as the National Policy......
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Sullivan, Robert Baldwin
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......role in effecting the union of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. After the Act of Union (1840) he...president of the legislative council of Canada. Although a Conservative, he sided...Sir Charles Metcalfe's reactionary policy....
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Head, Sir Francis Bond
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......1875, British administrator in Canada. A soldier (1811–25) and unsuccessful...of lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (Ontario), to which he was appointed...1835. Sir Francis's reactionary policy in Canada and his alliance with the Family......
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Borden, Sir Robert Laird
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......for his leadership in carrying Canada through World War I and, subsequently...1919. Borden later represented Canada at the naval armament conference...Constitutional Studies (1922) and Canada in the Commonwealth (1929...H. A. Wilson, Imperial Policy of Sir Robert Borden (1966......
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free trade
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......nations, historically followed a policy of protection. In the period...United States reversed earlier policy and signed reciprocal trade...foreign governments, embracing a policy of selective tariff reduction...approved by the governments of Canada, Mexico, and the United States......
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McNaughton, Andrew George Latta
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......and staunchly supported the policy of keeping the Canadian army...general in 1944, returned to Canada that year, and was appointed...Control Board, was (1948) Canada's representative on the UN Security...represented (1946–66) Canada on the UN Atomic Energy Commission......
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Progressive Conservative party
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......British direction of Conservative policy and the execution of French...Quebec to the conscription policy during World War I led to a...Campbell, the party's and Canada's first female leader, briefly...form the Conservative party of Canada....
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Gosford, Archibald Acheson, 2d earl of
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......Parliament, he urged a conciliatory policy toward Ireland. In 1835 he was appointed...into the state of affairs in Lower Canada. His policy of "conciliation without concession...Union, which united Upper and Lower Canada....
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Hudson's Bay Company
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......CompanyWith the transfer of Canada from France to England by the...Hudson's Bay Company. Company policy apparently did not encourage...Northwesters. AmalgamationThe whole policy and nature of the Hudson's...to the Pacific, since all of Canada except the settled eastern provinces......
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Chamberlain, Joseph
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......dispute between that country and Canada. Chamberlain became leader...pursued a vigorous colonial policy aimed at imperial expansion...Britain's traditional free trade policy provoked great controversy...life in 1906, but his tariff policy was adopted (1919, 1932......