National Policy questions

1. To try and build a successful nation and he wanted to win votes.

2. A system of protective tariffs, increased immigration and the CPR. Tariffs would protects Canadians manufacturing, mining and agriculture by making Americas goods more expensive. They brought immigrants who were farmers so they could produce and export grain and would buy manufactured goods produced in Ontario and Quebec. The CPR would provide the ability to ship goods across Canada and form Asia. Also America wants to annex the west so if people settle there it will be harder for

3.George Stephen he owned the bank of Montreal ,Donald Smith who was a comissoner for the hbc,James J. Hill who was a coal trader.

4. He promised to give them $25 million in cash, a land grant of 25 million acres, and a monopoly west of Lake Superior for 20 years, the land they are getting is tax free until the sale of it.

5. They had to finish the railway within 10 years

6. They changed the planned route of the railway to go through the land between Saskatoon and Edmonton because the northern prairies was seen as good farmland and many land speculators into the area buying land that they hoped would be near the rail line. Also it would be faster to go straight through instead of going up and around. Many people already lived in the area so they would make more money than the people with the land

7. Because he had drive and energy. He also sped up the building of the railway.

8. He sped up the building of the railway. He laid almost 1500 km of track in the first 2 years.

9. They were running out of money, the Canadian government reluctantly passed a bill that provided them with $22.5 million for the railway. They used wooden tressels instead of metal tressels since it was cheaper.

10. Kicking horse pass

11. Usually they would take boats and go around south america. The mountains made it tough to get to the interior. They would take the American  railway to the coast of bc.