Macdonald wanted to build a nation from sea to sea Feared that Canada would become assimilated by the United States He needs money for the project turns to Hugh Allan for financing Alexander Mackenzie Liberal leader does not want the railway because he feels that it is too expensive ID: 492505
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Slide1
Building the National DreamSlide2
Macdonald wanted to build a nation from “sea to sea”.
Feared that Canada would become assimilated by the United States
He needs money for the project, turns to Hugh Allan for financing.
Alexander Mackenzie (Liberal leader) does not want the railway because he feels that it is too expensiveSlide3
Macdonald wants Hugh Allan to finance his election in exchange for a guaranteed contract to build the CPR (refer to p. 184)
Becomes known as the Pacific Scandal – Macdonald resigns in 1873
B.C. was very angry with Mackenzie’s attitude towards the CPR. Threatened to withdraw from confederation if the railway did not get built.Slide4
The National Policy
1876: Macdonald developed the National Policy and returned to government in 1878
Three main issues of the National Policy:
A System of Protective
Tarrifs
:
Protected Canadian manufacturing, mining and agriculture
Made American products too expensive for the Canadian marketSlide5
National Policy cont
….
Western Settlement:
Eastern politicians encouraged settlement of the west by farmers
Produced grain crops for export
Income could be spent on manufactured goods produced in the east. Macdonald wanted western farmers to be a captive market for the east.Slide6
National Policy cont
….
The CPR:
West could not develop as a
centre
for agricultural export without the CPR
Macdonald wanted the CPR to be part of the British Empire’s trade network with Asia.
CPR was government’s top priority.Slide7
What does this mean for First Nations living on reserves?
Do you think the government gave any consideration to their needs/feelings regarding the CPR?
The CPR Syndicate:
1880: Macdonald proposes to give three investors(Stephen, Smith, and Hill) 25 million dollars and 25 million acres of land(most of it on the prairies) once they complete the CPR.Slide8
CPR Syndicate promised to complete the railway within 10 years
Government changed the original route of the CPR (refer to p. 187)
Difficult to find a route through the Rocky Mountains
William Van Horne:
Highly efficientSlide9
CPR is built entirely by hand. This was extremely difficult and dangerous workSlide10
Building the RailwaySlide11
Gordon Lightfoot: Railway Trilogy
There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
But time has no beginnings and
hist’ry
has no bounds
As to this verdant country they came from all around
They sailed upon her waterways and they walked the forests tall
And they built the mines the mills and the factories for the good of us allSlide12
And when the young man’s fancy was
turnin
’ to the spring
The railroad men grew restless for to hear the hammers ring
Their minds were overflowing with the visions of their day
And many a fortune lost and won and many a debt to pay
For they looked in the future and what did they see
They saw an iron road
runnin
’ from sea to the sea
Bringin
’ the goods to a young
growin
’ land
All up through the seaports and into their handsSlide13
Look away said they across this mighty land
From the eastern shore to the western strand
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We
gotta
lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open ’
er
heart let the life blood flow
Gotta
get on our way ’cause we’re
movin
’ too slow
Bring in the workers and bring up the rails
We’re
gonna
lay down the tracks and tear up the trails
Open ’
er
heart let the life blood flow
Gotta
get on our way ’cause we’re
movin
’ too slow
Get on our way ’cause we’re
movin
’ too slowSlide14
Behind the blue
rockies
the sun is
declinin
’
The stars, they come
stealin
’ at the close of the day
Across the wide prairie our loved ones lie sleeping
Beyond the dark oceans in a place far away
We are the
navvies
who work upon the railway
Swingin
’ our hammers in the bright
blazin
’ sun
Livin
’ on stew and
drinkin
’ bad whiskey
Bendin
’ our old backs ’til the long days are doneSlide15
We are the
navvies
who work upon the railway
Swingin
’ our hammers in the bright
blazin
’ sun
Layin
’ down track and
buildin
’ the bridges
Bendin
’ our old backs ’til the railroad is doneSlide16
So over the mountains and over the plains
Into the muskeg and into the rain
Up the
st.
lawrence
all the way to
gaspe
Swingin
’ our hammers and
drawin
’ our pay
Drivin
’ ’
em
in and
tyin
’ ’
em
down
Away to the bunkhouse and into the town
A dollar a day and a place for my head
A drink to the
livin
’ and a toast to the deadSlide17
Oh the song of the future has been sung
All the battles have been won
O’er the mountain tops we stand
All the world at our command
We have opened up the soil
With our teardrops and our toilSlide18
For there was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run
When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun
Long before the white man and long before the wheel
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
When the green dark forest was too silent to be real
And many are the dead men too silent to be real