LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Work Council, Clara Bow, First Red Scare
10 Apr 2013
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Lots of propaganda during the war about how canadians needed to contribute. Appealed to canadian sense of duty and idealism. War is about fighting oppression, dictatorship, defending country. People making money off of conditions during the war. Most basic was people doing contracts with the government. Need certain amounts of guns built, bullets, shells. Canadian companies are showing themselves to be cheap when it comes to the goods they are making. Trying to profit as much as possible so being cheap with quality of supplies. 1916: british government ordered canada to stop being cheap or they would. If you hid materials from the war it was illegal stop buying from them. Happening because lots of goods become scarce because they are being rationed for the war. So few supplies so prices go up. Wages are going up and employment is steady but prices going up higher. People not in the war should not complain when soldiers are overseas fighting.
