The Life And Letters Of The Rt Hon Sir Charles Tupper Edited By E M Saunders With An Introduction By R L Borden

Author : Christopher Pennington
Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143180886
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The History of Canada Series: The Destiny of Canada written by Christopher Pennington and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was Sir John A. Macdonald's last campaign. His Conservatives had dominated Canadian politics since Confederation. Their National Policy, which protected Canadian manufacturers from foreign competition, was well established and affection for the "Old Man" was deep and widespread. The Liberal leader, Wilfrid Laurier, was new in the job and uncertain that a Roman Catholic from Quebec had any chance of winning votes outside his home province. But Macdonald's decision to hang Louis Riel had split the country, the economy was in the doldrums, and a movement in support of free trade with the United States gave the Liberals hope. In this richly textured narrative, Christopher Pennington spins a colourful tale of a country poised to make a momentous choice and of nineteenth century politics both at its most principled and at its most corrupt.