Canada’s Great Depression：加拿大的大萧条.ppt

* * * * * Political Responses to the Great Depression The Politicians offer their Solutions J.S. Woodsworth “Bible Bill” Aberhart “R.B. Bennett Canada’s Great Depression IB History of the Americas MacKenzie King Maurice Duplessis Guiding Questions Compare and contrast the government’s response to the Depression in Canada and the US. To what extent did the policies of Bennett and King bring an end to the Great Depression in Canada How did the Great Depression change the relationship between government and business in Canada? How did the Government Respond? At this point in Canadian History, the social programs that we know of today such as Employment Insurance and Welfare did not exist. How will those Canadians most seriously affected by the Great Depression make ends meet? What would the government of Prime Minister MacKenzie King do? 27% Unemployment MacKenzie King Prime Minister (Liberal Party) of Canada from 1921 to 1930. First term struggle to work with the Progressive Party and his own Liberal Party, especially on the issue of tariffs (which prairie progressives wanted lowered). MacKenzie King’s government presided over a period of unrest among farmers in the Prairies as farm prices declined. He also faced growing dissent from WWI veterans who expected their sacrifices to be compensated during difficult economic times. W.L. MacKenzie King Canada’s stock market (Toronto) was closely linked to the NYSE, thus when the U.S. market crashed so did the CSE 1929-1933: GNP fell 40% (37% US),unemployment rose to 27%, exports in wheat, minerals and timber fell by 50%. Under MacKenzie King’s laissez-faire leadership the national government took minimal action to provide relief or encourage economic recovery. Relief programs were the responsibility of ill-equipped provincial governments. Black Tuesday Homeless Canadian family in Western Canada during the heart of the Depression King’s Response to the Depression MacKenzie King thought that it was the responsibility of th