Canada's Response To The Great Depression

World war one has a great influence on countries today, including Canada. As a result, Canada has gained military recognition, increased economically, and social rights for woman has expanded. The participation of Canada in world war one has impacted Canada in a positive aspect.

Firstly, When Richard Bennet came into power, he created what is known Relief Camps. They were in place so that problems of transients would no become a bigger problem. These men who worked were given food, shelter, army style clothing and .25₡ per day also these camps were built deep in the wilderness, away from towns and cities. This plan by Richard Bennett backfired because the relief camp workers rebelled which cause the On-to-Ottawa Trek and these camps gave no hope for a better future also showed that Bennett could not solve the problem of the transient. Secondly, During the Great Depression, there was increasing unemployment rates in every province some higher than the others because of how much they invested in the stock market. Due to rising unemployment levels, people from different communities started to leave their communities for a job elsewhere like other communities which created the issue of transients. Living in Canada even worse because they brought in fear and danger of being robbed because they do not have anything. Thirdly, Many people during this time were encouraged to “Buy now and Pay later” basically buying everything on credit and pay it later. Because of this, many families found themselves hopelessly in debt through buying on credit. With interest payments, many products ended up costing far more than what it was worth. Life in Canada difficult because many were in debt and

The Great Depression was a terrible point in Canadian history, and for most of the world. It was a point in time where thousands of people lost their jobs, and even lost their homes because of the depressed economy. Business was booming in the early 1920s, but when companies tried to expand, and therefore issued stocks, the economy was thrown off. Some investors sold their stocks for high prices, and as a result, everyone else followed. With less of a demand, stock prices became fractions of what they used to be, and on October 29, 1929, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, followed by the Toronto and Montreal Stock exchanges. This collapse of the stock markets caused a depression like which the world had never seen before. It was

This website describes the influence Richard Bedford Bennett brought to people during the Great Depression. To begin with, Bennett was the prime minister of Canada after Mackenzie King and believed that every men should have a job. To solve this problem is created many laws and enforced many bills to ensure for citizens success. Sooner or later, people found him to a disinterest, his political behaviour and plans started to fail toward citizens benefits. Therefore, he has been described as the most ineffective leader of the 1930s.

I think the most important cause of the Great Depression was Canada’s dependence on its primary products. Canada’s economy heavily relied on staples, products such as wheat, fish, minerals, pulp, and paper. These were Canada’s most significant imports because these were the goods that the world needed the most. The more countries that needed these products, the more Canada’s economy would flourish. However, the war caused a lot of countries to be in debt which meant that they didn’t have enough money to buy goods from Canadians. In turn, Canada’s economy collapsed and many people faced hardships in Canada, especially those in the Maritimes. The Depression caused the prices of Canada’s goods to drop drastically and farmers couldn’t make enough

Some solutions to the Great Depression are pogey, government controlled work camps, charities, and Bennett's new deal. The pogey gave people $19-60 a month for food vouchers depending on what province you were in, but in order to get the pogey, people had to wait in line for hours, then publicly declare their financial failure, swear that they did not own anything of value and prove that they were being evicted from their home. The government controlled work camps was another solution to the Great Depression. The Government created a system of unemployment relief camps, where in exchange for room-and-board, single men did physically demanding labour. The occupants did stuff like clearing bush, building roads, planting trees and constructing public buildings for 44 hours a week. Even though the occupants got three daily meals, work clothes, medical care and 20 cents a day, the conditions in the camp were very horrible, and created the On to Ottawa trek. On January 1935, Bennett introduced a Canadian version of the "New Deal", involving progressive income taxation, a minimum wage, a maximum number of working hours per week, unemployment insurance, health insurance, an expanded pension programme, and grants to farmers. His new deal would of been effective, but many Canadians did not find his New Deal as convincing as Americans found Roosevelt's. He was voted out of Prime minister before he could take any

Nations like the U.S and Germany choose to combat the Great Depression through their respective political ideologies and nations like U.S and Britain countered the Great Depression through the creation of public works. Unlike other nations that found internal solutions to the Great Depression, Japan combated the Great Depression externally by expansion. Japan and Britain both counter the Great Depression by placing an emphasis on the development of resources. Unlike other nations, U.S funded governmental organizations and used banking reforms. Both U.S and Germany are combating the Great Depression through their own respective political ideology.

Not only was he now a prime minister but from 1930-1932 he was also a minister of finance and receiver general. Also he was the secretary of state for external affairs during 1930-1935. Despite his efforts, Bennett underestimated the great depression and its length and strength, Prime Minister Bennett led his country into a period of suffering. January 1935, Bennett suggested a new legislative program although it resembled in many ways to the ‘New Deal’ that President Roosevelt had already established.

Canadian prosperity during the 1920s was based on weak foundations; industries started to overproduce and supply exceeded demand. Additionally, the stock markets were tangled in the same unstable practices as the United States; when the Wall Street Crash occurred, the effects spread over the border to Canada, which initially led to the Great Depression. Federal governments were hesitant to respond to the catastrophe caused by the Depression. There were boundless losses of jobs which completely changed the country by triggering the start of social welfare and causing a variation of political movements. Bennett proposed a New Deal in an attempt to solve the problems of the Depression but barely any of the measures taken had been passed. The

In World War II we could notice how Canada began to shape itself as an independent country. Therefore, World War II had a positive impact on Canada due to the political policies, military policies and battles, and additionally social policies. The political policies were effected positively due to Clarence Decatur Howe war economy along with the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Military policies and battles were issued positively because of the Canadians at D-day including the Italian Campaign. Lastly the social policies were impacted in a positive way as a result of the women in the armed forces, furthermore the women in the home front.

In the words of John F. Kennedy, “communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both”. Canada in the 20th century has perfectly portrayed the meaning of the quote by treating communism inconsistently throughout history. Communism refers to the economic system in which the ownership of all property, and the means of production and distribution is commonly owned and controlled by the community including the workers, as well as the state. This system greatly landed an impact on Canadian actions throughout the 20th century. Documentation of such actions is found in several historic events:

The October Crisis was a series of events trigged by the kidnapping of two government officials during October of 1970 in the province of Quebec. The kidnappings of British Trade Commissioner James Cross and Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte were the pinnacle of all terrorist activity led by the Front de Libération du Quebec (FLQ). The FLQ was a radical separatist group who strived for Quebec’s independence from the rest of Canada. The circumstances ultimately culminated in the only peacetime use of the War Measures Act in Canadian history, invoked by Governor General of Canada Roland Michener at the direction of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The use of the War Measures Act had been requested by the Premier of Quebec, Robert

Canada's growth from a British colony into a fully independent country was an evolutionary process that took place over the Roaring Twenties and the Dirty Thirties. During the early 1900s, Canada’s military, politics, and society were all integral parts of Canada’s independence, that helps spell out who Canadians are today. First, the twenties belonged to Canada as the military was an important part of Canada’s development as this came as a result of the Chanak Affair in 1922 when Prime Minister Mackenzie King denied sending troops to Turkey on the request of Great Britain. Through this action, Canada took the first stride towards having our own choice of who our military fights for as they set a precedent that they will not send their own country’s men into whatever war Britain asked them to

The Statute of Westminister allowed Canada to make their own laws and regulations. Britain couldn’t rule Canada, but the Privy Council in Britain is still higher than Supreme Court of Canada. The document was signed in Britain since Canada was still part of British Empire at the time. Britain passed the Statute of Westminister on Dec. 11, 1931, and Canada gained complete independence. This Statute affected not only Canada but five more colonies, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Irish Free State, the Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa. The provinces and federal government couldn't agree on making changes to the B.N.A. Act and freedom would be given to the countries under the British Ruling. To be able to do things that they wanted to do, weren't forced to do anything. Canada was now able to govern itself on its own rather than with the help from Britain & it became a self-governing nation. It was the first time that Canada wasn't controlled by any other country. This was a

The America in the 1930s was drastically different from the luxurious 1920s. The stock market had crashed to an all time low, unemployment was the highest the country had ever seen, and all American citizens were affected by it in some way or another. Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal was effective in addressing the issues of The Great Depression in the sense that it provided immediate relief to US citizens by lowering unemployment, increasing trust in the banks, getting Americans out of debt, and preventing future economic crisis from taking place through reform. Despite these efforts The New Deal failed to end the depression. In order for America to get out of this economic