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National Policy Hist. 
the policy of the Conservative party under Sir John A. Macdonald, which stressed protective tariffs and was the basis of a successful appeal to the electorate in 1878.
See also: N.P.
- 1870 Dr. Tupper . . . has acquired a new source of popularity . . . by his vigorous advocacy of what he has . . . called a "national policy". . . .
- 1873 (1953) That this House is of the opinion that the welfare of Canada requires the adoption of a National Policy, which, by a judicious readjustment of the tariff, will benefit and foster the agricultural, the mining, the manufacturing and other interests of the Dominion.
- 1965 The Gordon policies for control on foreign investment and a government development corporation to buy into private enterprise, were corollaries to the Conservative Party's "National Policy" of the 1800's on which our present tariff structure and protection for Canadian industry is still based.
- 1870 Dr. Tupper . . . has acquired a new source of popularity . . . by his vigorous advocacy of what he has . . . called a "national policy". . . .