1. Images and Political Cartoons
National Policy
Images and Political Cartoons

2. "The Old Flag, The Old Policy, The Old Leader," poster published by the Industrial League to appeal to the old ways on which Macdonald built the power of the Conservative Party

3. Cartoon on trade between the United States and Canada before the National Policy was introduced. Thanks to its strong manufacturing base, the United States could sell off its surpluses in Canada at below-cost prices.

4. Cartoon on the position of John A
Cartoon on the position of John A. Macdonald’s Conservative Party in favour of introducing a protectionist trade policy, from 1876.

5. Cartoon on the planned introduction of a National Policy, an election promise of John A. Macdonald’s Conservatives in Critics noted that the government, once elected, seemed in no hurry to bring in the policy.

6. Cartoon on the 1879 introduction of the National Policy, which imposed customs duties on goods entering Canada from the United States and Great Britain.

7. Cartoon on the significance of protectionist promises in the election of John A. Macdonald’s Conservative government in September Introduced officially in March 1879, the National Policy was a major factor in helping the Conservative government stay in power until 1896.

8. Broadside entitled The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader: The National Policy and the Workingman, 1891

9. Election poster with the words, "Under Which Flag, Canadian?" 1891

10. National Policy video clip