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Regionalism in Canada
-The concern of the various regions with their own local problems.
-Maritime provinces were losing people -> less seat in parliament.
-Suffer from less demand in products (more oil and coal)
-National Policy - tariffs -> taxing on foreign goods
-Western farmers mad because it only benefited manufacturers / didn't like being forced to buy Canadian goods
-Farmers begin to form their own political parties - United Farmers Party
-Maritime provinces were losing people -> less seat in parliament.
-Suffer from less demand in products (more oil and coal)
-National Policy - tariffs -> taxing on foreign goods
-Western farmers mad because it only benefited manufacturers / didn't like being forced to buy Canadian goods
-Farmers begin to form their own political parties - United Farmers Party
"Regionalism presented some obstacles in the past, ... But the boundaries are beginning to disappear and we have this wonderful, intellectual synergism."
William Jenkins
William Jenkins
Summary
Tarrifs was benefit to manufacturers but to famrers and it ended up for farmers to make United Farmers Party