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Canada First movement
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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a post-confederation nationalist movement which urged greater political attention to domestic problems in Canada as opposed to the current pre-occupation with such matters as British trade preference and the reciprocity issue with the United States.
See: Canada First (party)
Quotations
1916
In Ontario the Canada First movement, which looked to Blake as its leader, had strong protectionist leanings.