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National Building

Government

Political struggle

King vs Bennett

Bennett

Wanted the government involved in the citizens life

Started the Relief programs

Conservative

King

Thought the depression would fix by itself

Wanted the government to stay out of the citizens lifs

Liberal

New Parties

Cooperatice Commonwealth Federation(CCF)

New Deal

Subtopic

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

WWI

Showing Autonomy

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

Battles

Italian Campaign

Defence of Hong Kong

Sadly lost the fight and

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

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

First land battle the Canadians were involved in

The Battle of Britain 1940

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

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

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

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.

Relief

Relief Camps

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

Terrible conditions

20 cents per day

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

They were run by the department of Defence

Stricked working conditions

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

Ottawa Trekk

Outcome

Bennett decided to shut down the relief camps

Regina riot

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

Nothing was changed from it

2 people died

130 people were arrested

Leaders were jailed

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

Demands

Camps wont be run by the National defence

Welfare

Right to vote

Union

Protection and money if injured

More Money Less hours

Why did it happen

For months men from reliefs camps were protesting all across Canada

Men were unhappy and wanted to something

Complaints were being ignored

Canadian Citizens

War saves the day

Unemployed men enlisted in the war as a job

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

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

Unemployment

Riding the Rods

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

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