The National Policy and Branch Plants

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three main goals of National Policy:

1) place tariff on US goods
2) increase settlement in Prairie West
3) complete Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway completion

1885

event in 1896

settlers (US and Eastern Europe) began to flock to Western Canada

Western Farmers disliked the National Policy

thought it was unfair that goods in Canada were protected by the tariff: kept prices up for machinery and necessities

Western crops were sold

for cheap on the world market

Western grain

cost a lot to ship

Subsides (subsidy)

financial aid that government give to private business enterpirise in order to assist it

Crow's Nest Pass Agreement

in 1897, first subsidy for Western grain products

Branch Plant

business owned and operated by a company based in another country
ex. Jollibee (Philippines), Toyota (Japan), Shell (Texas)