HISTORY CANADA AND THE WORLD Dr. Curtis Cole Trent UOIT Canada-U.S. Economic Relations: Part One October 5, 2009
FTA 1989 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Brian Mulroney Prime Minister
FTA 1989 NAFTA 1994 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Brian Mulroney Prime Minister Jean Chrétien Prime Minister Robert Bourassa Premier of Quebec ,
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
THE NATIONAL POLICY John A. Macdonald, 1878 Railway Promotion Immigration & Western Settlement Protective Tariff Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Protective Tariff to protect infant industries Immigration and Settlement to prevent American occupation Railway to facilitate both Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Metropolitan Economy Successful Macdonald the Nation Builder Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Mercantilism Corn Laws repealed 1840s Reciprocity Treaty with U.S., 1854 revoked 1866 Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Confederation, 1867 laissez-faire Canada-U.S. Economic Relations vs. protectionism
Alexander Mackenzie Prime Minister (Liberal) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Alexander Mackenzie Liberal Prime Minister, Richard Cartwright Minister of Finance Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Alexander Mackenzie Liberal Prime Minister, Richard Cartwright Minister of Finance Charles Tupper Conservative Finance Critic Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
John A. Macdonald re-elected 1878 “National Policy” Canada-U.S. Economic Relations Canadian Nationalism Economic Boosterism Anti-Americanism
Paul Craven & Tom Traves, “The Class Politics of the National Policy, ,” Journal of Canadian Studies, Fall 1979, Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
CRAVEN & TRAVES MODEL INDUSTRY LABOURFARMERS Tariff (income) Immigration (labour supply) Tariff (prices) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Tom Naylor, The History of Canadian Business, two types of business older, “natural” growth opposed the tariff newer, large scale, large financing favoured the tariff Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
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)
Anti-Tariff Liberal Leaders Alexander Mackenzie Edward Blake Wilfrid Laurier Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
Wilfrid Laurier Prime Minister Canada-U.S. Economic Relations
NEXT CLASS (October 19) Canada-U.S. Economic Relations – Part Two Reading: Stacey, vol. I, pp HISTORY CANADA AND THE WORLD