Canadian History: Canada And The Twenties

Canada and the Twenties CP HW p.48-73
1) The tensions that underlined the Winnipeg General Strike began when all the soldiers came home from Europe and didn’t have a job anymore; this put a lot of women out of their jobs. The pay had also been reduced during the war, which made workers demand for a higher wage from their employer. On top of this many if not all of the war material factories were going out of business. Economic hardship and unfairness erupted into a strike that made Canadian history.
3) Regionalism is the concern of the many regions of the country with their own local problems. An example of this in Canada during the 1920 are when the maritime provinces wanted the Maritime Rights Movement because they found that their influence
In 1927 The Old Age Pension Act was passes, this gave $240.00 per year to a person it was not a lot but it was still something and showed that the government was taking part in providing a network of social service for its citizens.
5) The King-Byng Crisis is when Prime Minister King asked Governor General Viscount Byng to call an election but Byng refused to do so because the vote of censure had to be completed first, this infuriated King. Byng eventually had to call an election and King said it to be undemocratic for an official of Britain to refuse to listen to the advice given by a Prime Minister who was elected by Canadian citizens. King ended up winning the election and no other Governor General has ever again not done what the Prime Minister would like.
6) The U.S invested in Canada’s economy by investing in Canadian pulp and paper, mills, and in mines. Most of our resources (which were originally exported to Britain) were exported to the U.S; the U.S investors would set up branch plants instead of just leading us the money like Britain used to. The United States put big companies into Canada also like General Motors or
Getting “pogey” was not easy for people they had to wait in a line up for many hours and then when it was finally their turn they would have to publicly declared their financial difficultly, then would have to swear that they didn’t own anything of value, and that they had been evicted from their house. They would get vouchers if they fulfilled the requirements; vouchers so that they wouldn’t go and buy something that you do not need to survive like alcohol and so the government can control what you are allowed to get.
5) After World War I many Canadians were unemployed and had very little food. Thievery became more and more common (they would steal bread or money) and people couldn’t agree on how to solve the problem. Some thought a strong military was needed others thought communism was needed.
6) Canadians were more concerned with the affairs going on at their boarder than with what was going on in Germany. Finally in 1937 King went to Germany to visit Hitler and see for himself what his intentions were; King thought Hitler had no war like intentions and saw no reason that Canada needed to be involved. Canada’s Pierre Rinfret (Secretary of State) also didn’t want any refugees because of the unemployment problem but Thomas Crerar (Liberal cabinet member) thought 10 000 Jewish refugees should be allowed into Canada. Still in 1939 the St. Louis was refused permission to dock with over