The carrot and stick approach works very well in the IT

This approach is related to dangling a carrot in front of a horses head to get it to move, rather than striking it with a stick. When using this approach the opposition would have a voice in what the new laws should be, and in this case it was used to keep the oposition from rebelling. A supporter of this sympathetic approach towards the Canadiens was British Governor, Sir James Murray. For example, if the British were to use this approach towards the Canadiens, they would: allow all Roman Catholics to practice their religion freely, allow Roman Catholics and Protestants to take part in the government, allow the French to take part in the government, and allow the French into the interior, yet still giving some territory to the First Nations Peoples.
As you can probably notice the difference in these two approaches are huge, yet they were both used for the same reasons.

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