Canadian Sovereignty Quotes
This is pne of the most famous quotations in all of Canadian Politics.
Americans General William Hull had crossed the Canadian border with 2500 men announcing his intention to invade. Brock’s appeal to the loyalty of English-Canadians to fight off the Americans was in their self-interest as English. He argued that if Canada weakened or the Americans temporarily conquered Canada, they could not hold it, and Napoleon's France would re-colonize Canada. In short, fight against the Americans and keep the French out.
American history as several instances in which America wanted to invade Canada and add territory to the United States. See {636940}. This was the first.
The foreign influence to which he was referring was American influence. Almost a century later the issue of American influence on Canadian media was still being debated in Parliament as a major current problems.
Other nations also claimed rights to the Arctic.