Equality

  • WW1 began

  • Woman start to vote

    Provinces began extending voting rights to woman, only certain woman.
  • Woman vote federally

    Woman were finally allowed to vote in federal elections
    Woman start gaining rights and equality!
  • WW1 ended

  • Winnepeg General Strike

    People were striking for far and equal rights of labour. They wanted to be treated like people and not workers.
  • Indian Act

    The Indian Act was amended to give Canadian aboriginal peoples the right to vote.
  • Woman are persons

    Woman were finally seen as individuals and got general rights.
    Starting to become equal to men.
    Emily Murphy was a woman who was involved in fighting for woman to be qualified people
  • All were equally poor

    The great depression caused Canadians to be poor
  • WWII began

  • Woman in factories

    During the 2nd world war, all the able men were in the war, so the woman of Canada went to work in the factories. Woman were working in labour and becoming equal
  • WWII ended

  • Social Secrutity.

    When King was elected again in 1935, he wanted to create social securtiy so everyone in Canada had secruity.
  • NATO

    Canada was in the collective defense, making Canada an equal part of the treaty. Canada was an equal part as their people were becoming equal.
  • Pension plan created

    The old age retirement pension was created so that all Canadians could live a fine life after retirement. The government was making sure everyone had a good and equal life
  • Welfare state

    This was given by the government to citizens of Canada. This shows equality because it gives help to people who are struggling so everyone can have a good and equally funded life.
  • Cizizenship Act

    This definded who was a Canadian citizen. It established that immagrants over 21 could apply for a citizenship after living there for 5 years. This gave woman and men equal citizenships.
  • open immagration policy

    Canada wanted to be a multicultural soceity and so the immigration policy was very open and it showed Canadians were fair and equal. If you were an immagrant, you were still Canadian,
  • Diefenbaker

    One of Diefenbaker's visions for Canada was equality, he called in "Unhyphended Canadians". He made everyone able to vote. created the bill of rights and made a senitor for the aboriginals.
  • Bill of rights

    gets rid of the discrimination towards reasons of race, national origin, colour, religion, and gender
  • Royal Commission

    Lester Pearson established the Royal Commission on bilingualism and biculturalism which made recommendations on ensuring wider recognition of all cultures.
  • Peirson indorduced bilingualism

    making the french speaking people of Candada feel like an equal part.
  • Just Society

    This improved womans status. It gave woman and men equal pay, and woman maternaty leave
  • Health care

    Pearson made public healthcare; which gave all Canadians equal rights to a doctor regardless of their income
  • Abortion and homosexuals legal

    Gave people an equal right to what they want.
  • Improvement for woman's rights

    Trudeau made improvement on women’s rights including, daycare, prohibiting sexism, and unemployment on maternity leave.