Sir Charles Tupper and the Franco-Canadian Treaty of 1895
A Study of Imperial Relations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20607398 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R A Shields, Rachel Shields (0000-0002-0589-6278, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 1968-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-3755 • E-ISSN: 1710-1093 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/chr-049-01-01 |
| OpenAlex | W2040216312 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
wxa• sm c•a•v,s xvvvva•, Canada's second high commissioner to London and a long-time member of Conservative cabinets, concluded a commercial treaty with France in 1893, it marked the culmination of a lengthy period of complicated and often disputatious negotiation? During this time the problems and difficulties inherent in treaty negotiations between a sovereign country and a self-governing colony of the empire became apparent. Many of these difficulties resulted from long-established policies of the mother country. In the first instance, the free-trade bias and international obligations of the United Kingdom had to be weighed in the balance. By a series of treaties dating as far back as 1825 and containing the mostfavoured-nation clause, Britain was obliged to grant several countries as favourable a market in her colonies as was enjoyed by any foreign power. Thus, ff Canada granted tariff preference to France, a host of other nations could demand the same privilege? It should be emphasized, however, that the self-governing colonies could withdraw from
Economic history · Geography · Political science · Regional science · Treaty · Canadian Identity and History · Canadian Policy and Governance · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1968 - 1977 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |