Committee for an Independent Canada
The Committee for an Independent Canada (1970) was a citizens' committee, founded to protect the country's economic and cultural independence. As such, it advocated for limits on foreign investment and content controls, some of which were eventually enshrined in law.[1] [2] Intent on "mobiliz[ing] public opinion behind a drive to curtail United States influence on Canadian life[3], it has been described as "the centrepiece of the first wave of progressive Canadian nationalism after the war, uniting a large swath of the centre-left and splitting the governing Liberal Party."[4] Many of its ideas "were eventually made into government policy including the establishment of the Foreign Investment Review Committee, the Canadian Development Corporation, and Petro Canada." [5]
Key figures included Abraham Rotstein, Peter C. Newman, and Walter L. Gordon. In 1981 it dissolved.
References
- ↑ "Committee for an Independent Canada". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ↑ [Wawrejko, Adrian. Committee for an Independent Canada and its promotion of Canadian independence in the 1970s. Diss. University of British Columbia, 2023. https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream/pdf/24/1.0438306/4
- ↑ Cowan, Edward (Feb 7 1971). "CANADIAN GROUP FIGHTS U.S. ROLE Attracts Interest in Curbing Influence of Neighbour". New York Times (archive). Retrieved Dec 22 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help); Check date values in:|access-date=, |date=(help) - ↑ Wilson, Fred (2025-09-19). "Progressive nationalism and the fight for Canadian sovereignty". The Council of Canadians. Retrieved 2025-12-21.
- ↑ "Committee for an Independent Canada" Summary of fonds at York University. https://atom.library.yorku.ca/downloads/committee-for-independent-canada-fonds.pdf
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