1. Economic Problems 1870s-1890s & The National Policy-1879

3. Economic Problems in Canada Problems in Canada: People are not buying goods from Canadian companies People are not investing in Canada

4. No Jobs! Companies don’t have enough money They cannot pay many people to work People lose their jobs People cannot pay taxes to Canada

5. The National Policy (NP) A plan to help Canada make money John A. MacDonald started the plan in 1876 3 main ideas Protect Canadian companies Make a bigger railway for Canada Bring more people to live in Canada  immigrants

6. Protect Canadian Companies Make American companies pay more taxes Help Canadian companies make more products More people will have jobs More jobs = more taxes for Canada Tax money to build railway!

8. Build a large railway for Canada Build a transcontinental railway « Canadian Pacific Railway »  finished in 1885 Companies used the railway to transport raw materials, goods and people Transport new immigrants to Western Canada (settlers) to the Western plains

10. Railway station near present day Calgary

11. Last spike in the Transcontinental Railway

12. Railway Workers

13. Banff Springs Hotel  Banff Alberta  Built by the railway company

14. Chinese immigrants used as labour to build the railway  they were not treated nicely

15. Chinese immigrant rail-workers camp

18. IMMIGRATION TO CANADA Ask immigrants to move to Canada Canada wanted immigrants from Europe and the United States 1.5 million immigrants moved to Canada between 1871-1901 Western Canada More immigrants meant more people to pay taxes and buy Canadian products

21. Immigrants from Eastern Europe arriving in Western Canada

22. the National Policy (NP) in Quebec

23. AGRICULTURE in Quebec 1870s-1890s Problems Not enough fertile land for farmers Farming techniques that were not working well Farmers had a difficult time growing enough for their families

24. AGRICULTURE Canada asked farmers in Quebec to change They asked farmers to switch the types of farming they did Wheat  dairy farming, potatoes, tobacco… The government of Canada opened up schools for farming in Quebec to teach farmers