Political Science 2230E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Union Framework Agreement, Klondike Gold Rush, Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Alcantara

Document Summary

Prior to european settlement the canadian north was populated by indigenous people. Then the discovery of gold led to the american government and canada to rush there. I(cid:374)uit"s (cid:272)a(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:449)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)ithout (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g distur(cid:271)ed (cid:271)y the go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for mining. Klondike gold rush showed the territories worth. 1890s: yukon territory was created to establish law and order to flex canadian sovereignty. 1920-30s: more mineral discoveries in the territories, the government under the 1879. National policy began to profit off of resources: begins selling grants and leases for people to mine. Colonial relationship between territories and the south: they did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are to esta(cid:271)lish i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s; they (cid:449)ere (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith their well being. Federal is going to have very little presence in the north. Territorial governments were more of a federal governments bureaucracy to protect the. North: no police other than rcmp to protect resources and land claim over the north.