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Winnipeg General Strike
The Winnipeg general strike which happend in 1919, was one of the most influential strikes in Canadian history. On 1 May, the Building and Metal Trades Councils in Winnipeg voted to go on strike. They were demanding 3 policies: Decent wages (85 cents per hour), an eight-hour day. the right to bargain collectively for better working conditions. This was significant because this became a platform for future labour reforms for Canada. -
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from 1920s to 1930s
The two decades after World War One were called "the roaring twenties" for 1920s and "the dirty thirties" for 1930s. -
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The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties was a term to describe 1920s decade. -
Person's case OR Edwards v Canada (AG)
In 1929 women finally had the rights to vote and got to participate in work forces. Women were trying really hard to save and change the laws so it could benefit them and that they can be more apart of society. The women went to the supreme court of justice and were denied of the right. They then went to the privy council of England and were granted the right to be known as a person. The significance of this event for Canada is important, as women now have rights and are considered persons. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was when the New York Stock Exchange crashed. This crash had caused thousands of people to lose their wealth. Thousands of investors wiped out because they couldn’t sell a fraction of what they stocks paid for. Banks began to demand payments for the loans that many used to buy stocks, many borrowers could not repay their loans. Values of stocks came to an all time low. The significance for this event was Canada published laws to prevent this from happening again. -
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The Dirty Thirties
The Dirty Thirties was a term to describe the 1930s decade. -
Five-cent Speech
During the 1930s, Mackenzie King had said a speech about the social welfare of Canada which he said was the responsibility of individual provinces. Lastly Mackenzie King also said that he wouldn’t give out a “five-cent piece” to any province that did not have a liberal government in charge for them. This was significant because the liberals had lost the election due to this speech given by King, and Canada possibly may not have been in as deep trouble financially. -
R.B. Bennet's Response to the Great Depression
R.B Bennett's response to the depression was promising jobs to all willing to work and high tariffs to protect Canadian industries. He applied traditional economic policies / tariffs on goods entering Canada. This was significant because this backfired against Canada and the tarrifs caused the industries to lose money more than it had ever. Thus making Canada's economic stability during the great depression lower than it had started. -
Statute of Westminster
In December 11 1931 the Statute of Westminster was approved. This mean all of Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia, the Union of South Africa and the Irish the free state of independence. This was important because this made the effective legislative independence of the countries. This is significant for Canada because Canada was now able as a democratic society to decide their own policies and laws. -
New Deal
On January 18 1935 Bennett had introduced a deal to satisfy and to calm the Canadian citizens. In Bennett’s New Deal he wanted to start unemployment, social insurance, and to control organisations so that they won’t produce anything that could make an unfair profit towards other organisations. This was significant because when King came back into power in a landslide victory. Bennett did this so that he will be able to beat the conservatives and be back into his spot that was before. -
On-To-Ottawa Trek
On June 3 1935 in Vancouver and BC a group of unemployed men joined to protest the dismal conditions in federal relief camps scattered in many remote locations around British Columbia. The strikers had figured that nothing will happen so after two months of protesting in Vancouver and BC they traveled east to complain to the Federal government. This was significant for Canada's identity and formation because people were standing up for their rights and how they should be treated as humans.
