NWT. Act
What year was the act put in place?
1875
Why did Canada try to expand west?
To prevent american annextation.
Who and when created the national policy?
John A. MacDonald in 1878
When did Alberta and Saskatchewan become a province?
1905
Why else did canada expand west?
To increase agriculture production
Why was the national policy created?
To win over the people of the election and was his own personal goal.
What was a huge controversy while creating Alberta and Saskatchewan?
Education and language were a huge controversy for anglophones and francophones.
How did they convince people to move west?
By offering free farmland to anybody who moved there.
What was Point number 1?
To promote Canadian industry
Why were alberta and saskatewan made from NWT?
Becuase the premeir wanted a provincial status and NWT was to big so they split it up and gave them the provincial status.
In what way did Clifford Sifton’s immigration policies and advertising campaign challenge the idea of canada being bilingual?
by Clifford Sifton only campaigning to english speaking countries it would defeat the purpose of having a bilingual and bicultural country.
What was point number 2?
To finish the national railway
What was the NWT act?
it said that the federal government would give power to the people of Northwest territories as their population increased. The act gave them an elected assembly that accepted representatives from settlements with more than 1,000 people.
To what extent did Clifford Sifton’s immigration policies to populate western Canada contribute to Canada’s diverse cultural communities?
There were more French speaking territories but yet there were different cultures in one area.
What was point number 3?
To settle in the west