. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEY , Finance Minister of Canada, 1878-85 THE HON. GEORGE EULAS FOSTER , , , Finance Minister of Canada, 1888-96 POLITICAL QUESTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 417 succeeding quarter of a century. No doubt the experience of theleaders in forming the constitution and then bringing it into practicaland ful
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. THE HON. SIR SAMUEL LEONARD TILLEY , Finance Minister of Canada, 1878-85 THE HON. GEORGE EULAS FOSTER , , , Finance Minister of Canada, 1888-96 POLITICAL QUESTIONS AND DEVELOPMENT 417 succeeding quarter of a century. No doubt the experience of theleaders in forming the constitution and then bringing it into practicaland full operation was a great factor in this progress. Since Confederation Messrs. Gait and Rose and Hincks, as suc-cessive Finance Ministers, had been compelled to evolve a new finan-cial system ; to bring together varied threads of conflicting Provincialexperience ; to create a new and broad fiscal policy suited to severalProvinces and many diverse interests ; to build up a Dominionbanking system. It was not an easy task. The country from oceanto ocean had also to be considered and studied in its public works, itspossible public Improvements, its vast requirements for transportationfacilities, its complex and antagonistic railway and waterway s
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