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Komagata Maru
The boat violated the exclusion law, and the passengers did not have the funds to immigrate. While this means that this was illegal, it is still decline as what mainly caused these Asians to be turned away is the exclusion law, which is discriminative and racist. -
World War I Outbreak
The outbreak of the war allowed many technological advances, but also caused lots of death, injuries, and cruelties due to the nature of a war. || Quoted from Sir Robert Borden, “Yea, in the very name of the peace that we sought at any cost save that of dishonour, we have entered into this war.” (Mta.ca) -
Prohibition
While Canada did not all prohibit it at the same time, this is when Ontario did it. The banning of alcohol, while in of itself is not a bad thing, caused many crimes, violence, and gang wars due to people's refusal of giving up on it. The Prohibition Act of 1918 would be a primary source. -
Spanish Flu
Killed more than 21 million people around the world, and only went away when people started being immune to it. It also lead to the creation of the federal department of health in 1919. || Quote, "It started like any other influenza case, with a sore throat, chills and fever. Then came the deadly twist: the virus ravaged its victim's lungs.” -
Winnipeg General Strike
The strike itself was for a good cause, as it was due to the mistreatment of the workers, but the reaction is what makes this a decline. Instead of hearing and considering their demands, the government and employers instead called this out as a "revolutionary plot by alien scum" and oppressed them. -
Women Right's
On this day, The Dominion Elections Act was passed which gave women, after not being able to express their opinion or speak out for so long, the rights and ability to speak and stand up for themselves. || The Dominion Elections Act of 1920, Nellie McClung's Speech (Man was made for more than voting) https://greatcanadianspeeches.ca/2017/04/20/nellie-mcclung/ -
Discovery of Insulin
The discovery of Insulin, by Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best, allowed aid to be provided to those suffering from diabetes. || The image is Dr. Charles H. Best and Dr. G.R. Williams checking one of many experiments being conducted in the lab of the Charles H. Best Institute, University of Toronto. -
Chinese Head Tax
Chinese head tax was abolished on this day due to the passing of the Chinese Immigration Act, which seeked to make it even worse for Chinese immigrants than the head tax already did. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An act of many different policies or rules that all work together to exclude the Chinese. When it was passed, it abolished the head tax, but made it much worse due to the policies it had. The text of the act itself is a primary source. -
Stock Market Crash
Due to panic selling, overinflated shares and other factors, the stock market crashed, causing people to lose a lot of money. Quote from Irving Fisher, "Stock prices have reached ‘what looks like a permanently high plateau’.” https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/stock-market-crash-of-1929