HISC46H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Igor Gouzenko, Tim Buck, Padlock Law
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Today"s agenda: communism in canada before the cold war. Igor gouzenko and canada"s red scare : building up north american defence, the cuban missile crisis, mid-term exam in two weeks: what to expect. Communist party of canada (cpc) founded in 1921. Cpc alliances with labour organizations and industrial unions. Tim buck and the toronto eight : became the party leader of the communist party of canada in 1931, convicted of belonging to an illegal organization and went to a penitentiary in. Kingston: was shot and nearly killed by prison guards, when he left prison, he was considered a hero. Political successes of cpc, fred rose: elected in cartier riding in quebec and into the federal house of commons until. Heightened concerns about communism during the second world war: because of the alliance between russia and germany (nazi-soviet pact), communists in canada were opposed to canada"s involvement in the second. The communist parties finally sided with canada"s involvement when.
