N.P.

Historical

DCHP-3.1 (Jan 2026)

n. — Economics, Canada-US Relations

a policy of the Conservative party in the 1870s, which stressed protective tariffs.

Type: 4. Culturally Significant — See the main entry at National Policy for full details.

Quotations

1879

The Collector of Customs . . . is now occupying . . . a position given him for his support to their cause and his support of the great N.P.

1887

Professor Blake has accomplished a difficult task of swallowing the N.P. sword. . . .

1925

It was in the very early days of the N.P.