HIST113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sandford Fleming, Canadian Pacific Railway, Payola
11 Sep 2016
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1)how and why does business work in partnership with government in the years from. 2)examine the nature of the railway business. Brought the british colonies in to a federation, as a new nation. Goal was that canada would eventually encompass all of british areas of. To create a national economic structure in which a nation could develop. Confederation and economic policies that followed seen as mutually (nb/ns/que/ont) 1850s/1860s railway investors are interested in connecting the colonies out. Generally investors think of railroads in the grand scale, hence why they are. Had enough knowledge to know how good the agricultural land was in the prairies to see the potential of build such a large rail system. Business and confederation o o o o o o. Business opportunities in a large nation connected by rail. Invested in the trans continental idea through voter issues. The grand trunk is hoping to be the trans-continental railway.
