John A. Macdonald campaigned on a policy of high tariffs to protect Canada's manufacturing industry during the 1878 Canadian federal election, defeating the Liberal Party which supported free trade.

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  History of tariffs in the United States - Wikipedia

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• Canada location
• free trade concept