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Politics and Regional Protests

Politics and Regional Protests. French Canadians. Arthur Meighen is sworn in as PM on July 1920 after Sir Robert Borden resignes Canada after war is restless French Canadians angry about Conscription, and French didn’t have a single MP on their side . Felt increasingly alienated.

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Politics and Regional Protests

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  1. Politics and Regional Protests

  2. French Canadians Arthur Meighen is sworn in as PM onJuly 1920 after Sir Robert Borden resignes Canada after war is restless French Canadians angry about Conscription, and French didn’t have a single MP on their side. Felt increasingly alienated

  3. Action Nationale Group led by Abbe Lionel Groulx Advocated for the protection of French culture Wanted French-Canadian ownership of large industries such as hydro-electricity and opposed foreign investment in the province Supported French-Canadian values

  4. Maritime Rights Movement • Maritime provinces also felt alienated • Several companies moved to Central Canada to have access to larger market • Others struggled with high freight rates on railways • Decline in world demand for Maritime products such as coal, fish and farm goods also hit hard • Maritime Rights Movement wanted federal government to increase subsidies (payments to the provinces), encourage more national and international trade through their ports and help protect them from high tariffs (taxes on imported goods) • Government did little to change this

  5. Western Prairie Farmers: National Progressive Party • War torn Europe could no longer buy Canadian wheat • Farmers desperately short on cash now • Asked government to lower tariffs • High freight rates on trains drove up their costs • Created own political party: National Progressive Party • They called for lower tariffs • In 1921 they won the second highest number of seats to the Liberals but party members often couldn’t agree on major issues and so many left and joined the Liberals • They also lost many votes in the East were factory workers depended on high tariffs

  6. Key Points: • While the National Progressives did not last, they showed that the traditional two party system (Liberals and Conservatives) was not enough to represent the diverse concerns of groups across the country • Needed a PM who could make policies acceptable to various groups and regions across Canada • Meighen had strong opinions, could not compromise, had supported Conscription and worked to crush the Winnipeg General Strike and he was in favor of high tariffs which prairie farmers opposed. This set the stage for William Lyon Mackenzie King

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