HIS311Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Courtesy Tenure, John Maynard Keynes, Ernest Lapointe
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1945 june - ontario and federal elections. 1939 canada has a lot of surplus labour. Women were not considered for the labour statistics. What happens to women is fundamental and never entirely reversed. In 1939 there were a lot of unemployed. Therefore recruitment for the armed forces was considerably helped. People without jobs tended to be un t for jobs. Labour shortage is particularly acute in unpleasant occupations. In some cases the gov"t used its power to send miners and lumbermen back to where they came from serfdom. Produces interesting results and has impact on recruitment. Population of canada at the beginning of the war is about 11. 5 million and at the end 12 million. 2-3 million people who could join the armed forces 1 million joined and included female. There are women"s units in the airforce and navy. Happens with the fall of paris 1942. Liberals got over 50% of the vote.
