EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Maurice Duplessis, Dark Years, Axis Powers
21 Mar 2013
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Class 20: quebec"s dark years: maurice duplessis and his dark era. Background context: canada in the 1930s-1940s the great depression (1929) causes stock market crash. Government came with social programs to help. Possible solutions state should play a role & intervene: state should invest, state should lower taxes, state should consequences imports dropped by 55% incomes dropped 50% Out of 10 million canadians, 2 million living on relief hand outs . Government realized they needed to be more active in the economy. Hitler eventually rose to power democratically & felt they were humiliated by wwi. & that germany wasn"t at fault so didn"t want them to pay a high price. Wanted germany to restore its glory & rule the world. Public disappointed so liberals win with a slim majority. 1930s catholic church came up with a program there was corruption & neopotism (favouritism granted to relatives) Edee 280 geography, history and citizenship education paul zanazanian.
