SOC 2080 Lecture : January 31 lecture
31 Jan 2012
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Manifest evidence of corporate concentration in input and output sectors, roy. comm. Spreads -shows by 30 s canadian economy was in the hands of only a few ppl. Failure of free market mechanisms doesn t exist in a lot of sectors. Rising tide lifts all boats [rich ppl will become richer and poor ppl won t be as poor] Farmers wanted stability and protection from much stronger economic actors. [bill was reduced, more optional, showed how despite the farmers had been organized, when push came to shove if there wasn t anyone from them in parliament, they wouldn t win] [not interested in wheat board at all, takes away from grain trade,] From a voluntary option to a single desk seller of wheat- context of war. 2 interpretations of how it came about [how social change comes about] 1 interpretation is the wheat board was largely a response to agrarian pressure & manifestation of success of that pressure.
