HIS261H5 Lecture Notes - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Baby Boomers, Old Age Security
Document Summary
Economy running double the capacity of before the war, gnp double than before. Huge government to help this war effort, changing relations in the us. Canadians aware of the world was the training and socializing in england during the war. Drinking in england was popular, men came back with new sense of how to sit in a bar & drink beer. A lot of migration for work: reconstruction: basically the process of returning canada from before the war. Suggests it didn"t happen on its own, it was a conscious action by the canadian government to make this happen, first task was to bring the service personnel from overseas. Government was very permitted to provide benefits to the service people, even the women (never got the same benefits). Well known that the process of demobilization after ww1, was a disaster. You got compensation if you were injured, if you were in good health you got nothing.
