Canada First
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The Canada First movement was organized in Ottawa in 1868. It was at first supported by Goldwin Smith and Edward Blake. Ontario residents, George Denison, Charles Mair, William Foster and Robert Grant Haliburton founded the movement.[1]
John Christian Schultz, Canadian Party founder, became a leading member of the Canadian Party and was a chief opponent of Louis Riel.[2][3]
In 1874 they first published "The Nation", a weekly journal based in Toronto.
[edit] References
- ^ Vigod, B.L. (2010), Canada First The Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica-Dominion, http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001229, retrieved 2010-04-21
- ^ Siamandas, George, John Christian Shultz One of Manitoba's Colourful Businessmen Becomes Lieut. Gov, http://siamandas.com/time_machine/PAGES/early_manitoba/JOHN_SCHULTZ.htm, retrieved 2010-04-21
- ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online: Schultz, Sir John Christian, University of Toronto, 2000, http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=40542, retrieved 2010-04-21
