HIST 1126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Pierre Trudeau, Responsible Government, Regina Manifesto
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Conservative party struggles to gain foothold in quebec. Mackenzie king tries to prevent post-war recession, opens the door to further legislation to develop the welfare state. Conservatives no not seem to be able to anticipate the next reform the liberals can anticipate b/c they steal from the ccf. Liberals begin to lean on french canadian political leadership. Pierre trudeau chosen as liberal leader in 1968 television emerged as main platform for political campaign. Pt was the right visual image politician for the time, seen as a superstar, dated barbara. Ccf becomes the ndp, 1961 changes their name in order to seem new don"t want to be the old ccf anymore provincial success. Feds making the money provinces spending it. 1946 tax rental scheme province gets more access to the taxation revenue that the federal government collects. Forestalling the left those on the left have two parties to choose from, liberal or ndp split party.
