Unit 3

After Confederation

Skill Builders Targets

Lesson 2

How did building the Canadian Pacific Railway affect the growth of Canada?

  • Three-Pronged Policy (National Policy)
  • transcontinental railroad

The government determined that Canada needed a transportation system to secure resources, settlers to harvest the resources, and an economy to nurture the new resource industries.


In 1878, Prime Minister Macdonald developed a new National Policy for Canada.
 
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Click the link to watch the video, "The National Policy", for an introduction to this policy. 

The National Policy