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Prohibition
Some people thought of alcohol as a very bad thing so they voted for it to be banned in Canada. Most Provinces voted for it but Quebec didn't want to be "dry" so they voted against it. British Columbia repealed in 1920 followed by Manitoba in 1923, Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1924, Newfoundland in 1925, Ontario and New Brunswick in 1927, and Nova Scotia in 1930. Finally P.E.I. repealed it in 1948. -
Winnipeg General Strike
More than 50,000 people left their jobs and joined the strike this left the city unable to function because no one was working or keeping the city running, This strike was caused by the formation of unions and how they wanted better wages and breaks. On the final day of the strike, Saturday, June 21 strikers overturned a streetcar and lit it on fire causing P.M. Borden to call in the Mounties which only caused a riot in which one man was killed and 30 were injured. -
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Changing music
Jazz becomes much more prevalent in bars and lounges. Country music also starts to gain traction. The way these two genres begin changed and influenced a lot of present music genres as well as many artists were inspired to get into music and make new genres. -
Natural Resources Transfer Acts
Canada turned jurisdiction of the prairies over to the provincial governments of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta which finally made them equal to the other Provinces. It also gave them control of their natural resources which is extremely important now that Alberta is filled with oil. -
Black Tuesday
Many people saw the stocks start to drop for the first time and got scared. They all rushed to sell their stocks and over 800,000 stocks were sold back to the companies due to this huge drop in demand for the stocks the stock prices and values plummeted causing investors to call for their money owed by the people who bought stocks "on credit". These things caused many people to lose a lot of money the businesses did too and many had to either shut down or lay many people off. -
Prime minister R.B. Bennett
He attempted to lessen the stress on Canada from the Depression by raising tariffs but that only made things harder because that prompted America to do the same which hurt Canadian companies even more. Many people were angry with him because he only made things worse so they called the newspapers they slept on Bennett Blankets and when they took the engine out of a car and hooked horses up to it they dubbed it the Bennett Buggy. -
The Regina Riot
Many single unemployed men living in the labour camps were upset with the pay, lodging, and food. Almost 1500 men hop on trains to Ottawa to go meet with Bennett and talk to him about the camps. They get stopped in Regina and the Strike leaders go and meet with Bennett in Ottawa. The Meeting lasts less than an hour and the Leaders come back angrier than ever. They organized a rally in the city square. The police attacked them and over 100 people were sent to the hospital 40 of which were police. -
The creation of CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
They were charged with monitoring all private stations and making sure all Canadians were able to receive Indigenous broadcasts if they chose to. It was controlled by a board of Governors which were 9 non paid people who represented the various regions of Canada. CBC originally had 8 stations it owned and 16 private stations it controlled.
