加拿大麦克唐纳政府的危机应对及其效用

The Crisis Management of Canada's Macdonald Administration and its Effect

1867年加拿大自治领成立前后,即面临着美国觊觎加拿大西部和西部地区对美国依赖已久、对加拿大的离心力渐增这两方面的威胁和挑战,对此,利用太平洋铁路的便利条件,麦克唐纳政府采取了保护关税和移民开发西部两项措施。关税政策的实施保护并促进了新生民族工业的发展,增加了政府收入,增强了联邦的经济实力。向西部移民则密切了加拿大西部与东部之间的经济联系,使西部逐渐摆脱对美国市场的依赖,对加拿大联邦的向心力则越来越强。

Before and after the foundation of Canada Federation in 1867, to remove America＇ s wild ambition of annexing the West, the Macdonald administration emphasized the emergency of protective tariff and western immigration.On the base of convenient railway transportation, protective tariff promoted the growth of industry while immigration to prairie made the spacious West full of people and its economic energy appeared initially.