Clifford Sifton

Sir Clifford Sifton,, was a Canadian lawyer and a long-time Liberal politician. He was best known for being Minister of the Interior in 1896 to 1905, under Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was responsible for encouraging the massive amount of immigration to Canada which occurred during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1905, he broke with Laurier and resigned from cabinet over the issue of publicly funded religious education in the new provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan.