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Reciprocity In Canada

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Reciprocity and free trade are two distinct debates which has occurred at separate periods throughout Canadian history. Both are periods in which the Canadian and U.S. governments attempted to broker a deal which would lower tariff walls and allow good to move smoothly between the countries. Reciprocity occurred in 1911 when the Prime Minister Laurier attempted to implement free trade with the U.S. Free Trade is prominently in terms of the 1980’s in which the government under Brian Mulroney wished to once again implement a free trade deal with the U.S. in 1911 free trade was defeated and the government of Robert Borden won an election on the issue. In 1988 once again an election was held on the issue of free trade, this time it was successful and implemented following the election. Free trade has had a very significant history within Canada. In each event the support and opposition to the initiative made thorough points for and against the initiative. The 2 weeks of the course that focused on the issue, and subsequent readings, help to give an insight into the …show more content…

In Allan’s Bomb Canada piece it is explored how American rhetoric about the deal leading to Canada’s annexation helped to halt the bill in Canadian parliament, and further assisted in Borden’s victory. Allan shows how many Canadian’s viewed the agreement as a zero-sum game, and they were losing. They believed American influence was to strong and would stifle all attempts of Canadian business to be successful. What the piece and lectures help to highlight is a key aspect of Canadian Identity; Canadians as not Americans. This is a process of distinguishing Canadians from Americans by any means necessary. With talks of annexation and loss of Canadians Identity to Americans helped to spur the common anti-American Nationalism seen throughout Canadian

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Having a British colony as a neighbor made people on both sides of the border uneasy. The Americans were waiting for Canada to “(reject) the artificial rule of a foreign empire”(198), while Britain was waiting for The United States to collapse and beg them to rejoin the empire. While both waited for the others eventual fall, other factors led to them to war.

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Along with the Confederation to begin the formation of Canada, the reciprocity debate of 1911 and NAFTA further impacted the development of Canada, because of its economic significance. The reciprocity debate of 1911 and NAFTA pronounced Canada economically through the flourishing of trade with other countries. The reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States was instated to protect tariffs on goods traded between the two countries. Consequentially, the economy for Canada increased, with exports to the United States growing by 33%, post treaty.

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The Canadians had shown the world and themselves that they could effectively plan and execute an effective offensive. In fact, they could mount an offensive to make the greatest advance since the start of the Great War. The Canadians were now seen as the elite troops of the British Army. Now, the fact that they were still considered a part of the British Army does speak to the idea that Canadians were still working to push themselves out of the role of ‘colony’ and into the role of ‘independent nation’ but the praise

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William Lyon Mackenzie King, a man of glory, forever changed Canada’s constitution during the tumultuous nineteenth century and resolved all difficulties Canada faced on its way to becoming a strong, independent, and autonomous nation. His contributions and sanctions targeted all factors at the time and had interrelated effects on the construction of Canada. Unlike other Canadian politicians, King handled every crisis with thorough planning and achieved promising outcomes from unsolvable problems. It is without a doubt that King was the most influential figure in Canada’s development. His role in the autonomy, economic development, and social stability stands as solid evidence of the pioneering impacts he had on Canada’s advancement.

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By 1918, the self-governing colony that had trusted its fate to British statecraft was not only committed to speaking with its own voice in the world, it had won on the battlefield the right to be heard.” (-Morton & Granatstein, 1989, p.1.) After the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canada was viewed as an entirely different nation. Consequently, Canada was no longer just in the shadow of Britain, and it was emerging into a country with an independent identity. A primary example of this, was when the Canadian prime minister, Robert Borden, was allowed to sign the Treaty of Versailles which formally ended World War One.

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