HIST 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ernest Lapointe, Balance Wheel, Arthur Meighen
4 Oct 2014
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The argument: the first world war divided canadians and gave life to two nationalisms, the one english canadian and the other french canadian. Minister mackenzie king worked to reconcile these two nationalisms in a. Intolerance and discontent came easily to interwar canadians, especially when they struggled economically in the early 1920s and during the depression decade of the 1930s. Immigration continued, but it was in many circles a suspect activity. Women had the vote, but they were not welcome in parliament. Aboriginals were good enough to fight abroad, but they were marginalized at home. Jewish refugees from hitler"s persecution were acceptable only in small numbers. Mackenzie king"s canada first international policies promised to keep the world"s troubles at bay, and that meant making no discernable commitments to the british empire, the league of nations, or the higher ideals of international cooperation. In 1939, however, inward canadians came together and turned outward towards another great war.
