Gave the provinces of Canada $20 million for work-creation programs and imposed high tariffs by 50% on imported goods, neither working to assist Canadians.
What is the "New Deal"?
200
Isolated deep in the woods, the single, unemployed men of Canada completed projects such as building roads, clearing land, and digging drains for only 20 cents a day
What is a work camp?
400
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said that social welfare was the responsibility of the provinces of Canada.
What is the Five-Cent Speech?
400
formed in Western Canada in 1932 they supported social programs such as income assistance, and publicly funded health care.
What is the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation?
400
after riding on freight trains the unemployed men would spend some time in shanty towns often referred to as jungles.
What are jungles?
500
former Canadian Prime Minister who died in the bath of his English home
Who is Lord Richard Bedford Bennett?
500
a document that supported government ownership of certain businesses and industries and social programs to assist people in need.
What is the Regina Manifesto?
500
In 1935, over a thousand men left the work camps in the interior of British Columbia to protest against their camp conditions. They took freight cars to Ottawa with their complaints for the Federal Government.
What is the "On to Ottawa Trek"?
500
As the economy began to pick up in the 1920's, businesses began to increase production however there was not enough demand for their goods and in response businesses laid off many workers, lowered prices, and slowed down the economy even more.
What is overproduction?
500
Government relief payments given to those who had no alternative source of income.