Date Published:
january 2007

Readings for the Mid-term exam

Canadian Political Parties (1840-2007)

• History of the (Liberal) Conservative Party of Canada
• History of the Liberal Party of Canada
• Political History of Canada
• Quebec and Federal Elections
• Prime Ministers of Canada
• Clear Grits
• Parti "Bleu"
• Parti "Rouge"
• Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine
• Robert Baldwin
• Lord Durham
• Responsible Government

Territory: Regional disparities

• Equalization Payments
• Equalization Payments made by the Federal government
• Per Capita Income by Provinces, 1992

Territory: Boundaries and Characteristics

• Geography of Canada (with maps of the territorial evolution)
• History of the Canadian Boundaries
• Alaska Boundary Dispute
• Webster Ashburton Treaty
• Rush Bagot Treaty
• Manifest Destiny (esp. the general principles and the application to Canada)
• Annexation Movement

The Creation or Admission of Provinces

• George Brown
• George-Étienne Cartier
• Representation by Population
• Louis Riel
• Grand Trunk Railway
• Intercolonial Railway
• Canadian Pacific Railway / Transcontinental railway

Chronological Evolution

• The Prime Ministers of Canada

Population

• Population of Canada, Quebec and Ontario, Census Years, 1851-1991
• The Orange Order in Canada