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Imperialism and nationalisim
In Canada, IMPERIALISM gave an outlet to growing NATIONALISM and the desire to play an expanding part in the world. -
COLONIAL AND IMPERIAL CONFERENCES,
Canada's relationship with the empire found a focus in the series of COLONIAL AND IMPERIAL CONFERENCES, the first of which was held in London in 1887. -
Unrestricted Reciprocity
In 1888 the Laurier Liberals had adopted "Unrestricted Reciprocity"; on it they fought and lost the election of 1891, Macdonald's last. -
Abandoning unrestricted reciprocity
the liberals abandoned the unrestricted reciprocity and were once again re-elected in 1896 -
Wilfrid LAURIER's Liberals were in power in Canada
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SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
Laurier was forced by the majority to send a battalion of volunteers -
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
A small Department of External Affairs had been instituted by statute in 1909, principally to ensure the businesslike conduct of the country's external concerns. -
Naval service act
Canadian navy, provided for by the NAVAL SERVICE ACT of 1910. -
World War I
Canada was united behind the decision of Borden's government to give full support to Britain and to dispatch a CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. -
Canada signed the Treaty of VERSAILLES
It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, one of the events that triggered the start of the war. -
Mackenzie King
In the December 1921 general election Meighen was defeated by Mackenzie KING's Liberals. -
CHANAK AFFAIR
The CHANAK AFFAIR of 1922, with its bungled British request for a Canadian expeditionary force, had provided only too convincing a background for King's attitude. And he had given a striking example of his view of policy when in March 1923 he insisted that the HALIBUT TREATY with the US be signed by Canada alone, without the traditional participation of the British ambassador. He was delighted when the 1923 Imperial Conference accepted this procedure as normal. -
Vincent Massey
Vincent MASSEY became the first Canadian minister to the US. -
Prime Minister Jean CHRTIEN
led, not peace missions as Trudeau had done in 1983-84 at a time of heightened Soviet-American tensions, but huge trade missions to places like Asia and Latin America. Foreign direct investment totalled $150 billion in 1995 and 37% of the Gross Domestic Product was generated by trade -
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade houses both a foreign minister and a trade minister while a major review of foreign policy published in 1995 placed employment, prosperity and economic growth at the centre of Canadian priorities