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NATIONAL POLICY
Associated with the second Conservative government led by Sir John A. Macdonald, elected in 1878, which imposed tariff protection from foreign manufactures. The policy was intended to promote the development of Canadian manufacturing behind a tariff wall. The term ‘National Policy’ is also used more widely to refer to the nation- building policies pursued by Macdonald's governments, including construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway and other transportation infrastructure and the promotion of immigration as a stimulus to western settlement and development.

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