Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take

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Some Forms That Nation-Building Initiatives Take

• Land Securing or providing
• Infrastructure (e.g., roads, canals, railroads,
  seaway, research capacity)
• Assembling The Component Parts
• Accommodations Creation or Recognition of
  Rights
• Reduction of Inequality or Injustice /
  Opening of Opportunity Structures
• Conferring Symbolic Recognition or Worth
• Building Social Solidarity (national identity)

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Some Key Nation-Building Statutes in Canada

• Constitution Act, 1791
• BNA Act, 1867 and Additions of Provinces in 1870,
  1871, 1905, 1949
• Dominion Lands Act, 1872
• Treaties with First Nations
• Natural Resources Transfer Act, 1930
• Creation of CBC, 1931
• Creation of the Welfare State
• Official Languages Act, 1969
• National Energy Policy, 1980 and subsequent
  accords (W Atlantic)
• Constitution Act (incl. equalization Ab. Rts.)
  Charter of Rights Freedoms, 1982
• Free Trade Agreement NAFTA, 1989-94
• Creation of Nunavut (1991) Other Land Claim
  Settlements

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Other Nation-Building Initiatives

• Macdonalds National Policy, 1879 and Siftons
  Immigration Drive
• Granting Vote to Women Natives 1918,1960
• Tran-Canada Highway (1950s 1960s)
• Adoption of The Ottawa Valley Line
• Adoption of the Multiculturalism Policy, 1971
  (Importance of seeing self reflected in the
  symbolic output of the state)
• Meech Lake Charlottetown Accords, 1987, 1992
• Permitting turbans in RCMP
• Creation of Millenium Scholarships and Canadian
  Foundation for Innovation, 2000
• Same-sex Marriage, 2003