Sir wilfrid laurier

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Although he was a French Canadian and a Roman Catholic, he was chosen leader of the Liberal party in 1887Nine years later he became prime ministerHe was knighted in 1897. "Build up Canada" were the watchwords of Laurier's governmentLaurier was loyal to Great Britain, sent Canadian volunteers to help in the Boer War, established a tariff favorable to British goods, and worked to strengthen the ties between the two countriesBut he saw the British Empire as a worldwide alliance of free and equal nations, and he opposed every attempt to limit Canada's freedom. Laurier's liberal immigration policy brought hundreds of thousands of settlers to the western provincesHe reduced postal rates, promoted the building of railroads needed for national expansion, and appointed a commission to regulate railroad rates