LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Flash Point, Regina Manifesto, On-To-Ottawa Trek
13 May 2016
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Organizations and strategies, old and new pt 1. 1920"s: orthodoxy canadian leaders tended to be extremely cautious (holding onto the orthodox canadian views) William lyon mackenzie king priminister at this time (very careful policy making, balanced budget, not a lot of changes) People are suffering during the depression 1930"s: more orthodoxy canada had the most cautious economic way of doing things (didn"t do many new things) Relief was in the hands of the cities, municipality. So if your city got hit, they had no money for relief/assistance. No money to relieve the poor (especially in hard hit, smaller cities) Tended to have small tax bases, so they had less money to help. Municipal and provincial governments tended to be mistrustful towards those unemployed. Spent almost as much money monitoring the poor to make sure they weren"t cheating them--(social works), as the money they actually gave them. Do visits of your home, check if you were working, etc.
