Transcript Slide 1

1.
John A. MacDonald and the
Conservative Party was accused of
accepting a bribe by the contractor that
was granted the contract to Build the
railway from East to West Coast .
2.
MacDonald resigned and the Liberal
Party took over from the Conservatives.

The NWT had no government of its own,
and was under the control of the
lieutenant-governor of Manitoba. (This
was not very efficient way to run the
Territory – it took a long time to make
decisions)
 As
the population grew in the NWT the
North West Territory Act of 1875 was
created.
 Gradual
implementation of
representative government.
 The
Territories got their own Lieutenantgovernor and a council.
 As
the population grew to certain
numbers they were given more
governmental strength.
 This
Act governs the First People and their
lands.
 Aim: to
move the First People onto reserves
and use the remaining lands for settlement.
 Assimilation
was the goal (to change First
People to be like Europeans).
 Isolation
policies: the First People were put
into reserves, and children were forced into
Residential Schools.

By John A. MacDonald to try and win the next election for the
Conservative Party, and won the vote again in 1878.
1.
Protective Tariffs: Tariffs were placed on the imported goods that
Canada could manufacture themselves (woolen clothes, refined
sugar, nails, and steam engines). This would encourage sales of
Canadian made goods, keeping the money in the country and
bringing in money from the Tariffs that would help pay for the
railway.
2.
National Railway: The railway would take settlers to the West,
and bring their crops to the East.
3.
Settlement of the West: Encourage immigrants from other
countries to settle the Canadian Prairies. These settlers would
buy the products of Canadian industries and would grow wheat
to be sold in Canadian cities.
 Read
text pages 246-247 and create your
own notes focusing on the perspectives
and situation of the time between the
First People of Canada and the
Europeans, and the European Canadian
Federal Government.
 Should
the North West Territories
become a Province? What is the
difference between a Territory and a
Province in Canada?

September 1st, 1905 two new provinces
were formed out of the North West
Territories (which still encompass much of
the North)
 Alberta
and Saskatchewan
 The Federal Government gave them each:
• $1, 000, 000.00
• $ for public works and government expenses
• Taxes could be used to support separate Protestant
(public) and Roman Catholic schools.
Land Control
 The federal government kept control of
public lands and all natural resources.
French Canadian Rights
 The 1900s saw a few changes that began to
limit the rights of the French-Canadian
people.
• French language schools (and denominational
schools) did not have official status