History 2201E Lecture 16: Lecture 16 Part 3 – Canadian Economy During WWII
11 Jul 2012
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Lecture 16 part 3 canadian economy during wwii. Internal economy during wwii: federal government takes control of everything, same as wwi, everything was brought under official regulations, private industry encouraged to produce and expand for war production. Aircraft frames, ships, tanks, cars, shells, etc. Canada didn"t have the threat of being attacked, made sense to build them here: canadian scientists worked closely with the governments to the creation of radar and new explosives, including the manhattan project (atomic bomb) Mining of uranium in canada: war brings prosperity to canada since they are not being attacked; war stops the depression in canada, canada smarter in terms of food production. Encouraged prairies to diversify their products: canada becomes a powerful industrial nation, billion dollars worth of goods produced, employed over 400,000 people, many were women. People now had money, but couldn"t spend it on anything because of rationing.
