National Building

Unemployment

Riding the Rods

Men would jump on trains to travel to different
cities looking for job opportunities

Most would spend weeks on the trains with no luck of a job

Many people were homeless, hungry,
desperate, and angry at the government

War saves the day

When Canada declared war on Germany in 1939
Canada's economy switched to a war economy

The government opened up factories to produce
war supplies, this created a lot of jobs

Unemployed men enlisted in the war as a job

Ottawa Trekk

Why did it happen

Complaints were being ignored

Men were unhappy and wanted to something

For months men from reliefs camps were
protesting all across Canada

Demands

More Money Less hours

Protection and money if injured

Union

Right to vote

Welfare

Camps wont be run by the National defence

Regina riot

The Trekk did not finish and was stopped
by Bennett in Regiina

Leader of the protest met with Bennett and it changed nothing, so the began a public protest and a riot

Leaders were jailed

130 people were arrested

2 people died

Nothing was changed from it

Outcome

Bennett decided to shut down the relief camps

Relief Camps

Created to release the tension in the streets of homeless citizens, so that no riots or destruction of property occurs

Bennett decided to create work camps
located in the northern areas

Workers volunteered to go there

They were run by the department of Defence

Stricked working conditions

Terrible conditions

Food was bad, terrible pay, not allowed to vote,
many injuries with no doctors

20 cents per day

Bennett created these to make people happy. However it only showed that the government was not able to provide the citizens with a proper life style

Fixing the Economy

When Canada became involved in the war we switched over our economy. This opened up jobs in factories that produced war supplies and Men enlisted to the war.

Battles

The Battle of Britain 1940

Hitler was preparing to invade Britain,
but needed the control the airspace first

First time the RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force)
was involved in a Battle

100 Canadian pilots participated in the
battle and 23 lost their lives

Defence of Hong Kong

First land battle the Canadians
were involved in

2,000 troops were sent over, with
around 500 casualties

Canadian's fought bravely and beat the odds
by capturing a position that seemed impossible

Sadly lost the fight and

Italian Campaign

Showing Autonomy

Deciding to enter the waras a independent
Countryfor the very first time

New Deal

Spend money to create jobs with 8 hour work days with minimum wages and unemployment insurance

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Political struggle

New Parties

Cooperatice Commonwealth Federation(CCF)

King vs Bennett

King

Liberal

Wanted the government to stay
out of the citizens lifs

Thought the depression
would fix by itself

Bennett

Conservative

Started the Relief programs

Wanted the government involved
in the citizens life