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B.C. MLA Gerry McGeer says depression not "due to a reckless public" but businessmen who "expanded far beyond the needs of the time"[6]

Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability[7]

Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation[8]

Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans[9]

Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored"[10]

P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits"[11]

Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries[12]

P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax[13]

Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland[14]

MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization"[15]

Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws[16]

Agriculture deputy minister tells Senate committee how Prairie grasshopper losses as high as 60% will be reduced to less than 10%[17]

"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast[18]

Quebec dairy farmer tells Senate committee why he only breaks even and what causes Montreal milk middlemen to lose money[19]

Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief[20]

"Preparation of a cavity for an Indian is exactly the same as for anyone else" - Dentist explains cost realities at Mohawk Institute Residential School[21]

Indigenous art (described in past tense as it is "rapidly passing away") can be reinvigorated if promoted to tourists[22]

References

  1. ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ Fonds paa-6552 - Fred Stewart fonds
  3. ^ Douglas Kirkland, Hollywood Photographer, Dies at 88
  4. ^ Ralph Mellanby, hockey broadcast icon, dead at 87
  5. ^ REGGIE PARKS: WRESTLER TO BELT MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE
  6. ^ Testimony of G.G. McGeer (May 1, 1934), Proceedings of Select Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Banking and Commerce, pg. 687. Accessed 23 October 2020
  7. ^ C.R. Blackburn, "Steady Recovery Is Gov't Policy(...); Hard Work And Thrift Only Means Of Lasting Recovery Claims Premier Bennett" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 6, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  8. ^ Canadian Press, "25,679 Decrease In Families On Relief Payments" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 2, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020
  9. ^ Canadian Press, "Ottawa Moves to Form Central Bank" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 23, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 (See also Bank of Canada act preamble for purposes of bank)
  10. ^ Canadian Press, "Newfoundland Loses Self-Gov't Today" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  11. ^ Canadian Press, "Maritimes Doing All In Their Power To Cut Expenditures" The Charlottetown Guardian (January 15, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020
  12. ^ Canadian Press, "Marketing Bill Shown Essential To Recovery Of Maritime Fisheries" The Charlottetown Guardian (April 27, 1934), pgs. 1, 8. Accessed 5 June 2020
  13. ^ "Empire Trade a Great Boon to Halifax" The Charlottetown Guardian (January 10, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  14. ^ "Canadian Congress Will Launch Relief Campaign for Striken Jewry" Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 9 (Vancouver, May 31, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  15. ^ Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie, "Questions; German Consul-General in Canada" (February 28, 1934), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 1028-9. Accessed 5 June 2020
  16. ^ "Drastic Wheat Control Law For Emergencies" Regina Leader-Post (March 14, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  17. ^ "Minutes of Evidence" (March 14, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 4-8. Accessed 6 October 2020
  18. ^ The Canadian Wheat Pools On the Air; A Series of Radio Messages (1935). Accessed 5 June 2020
  19. ^ "Minutes of Evidence" (March 21, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 21-4. Accessed 6 October 2020
  20. ^ Canadian Press, "Sweatshop Conditions Pictured" The Charlottetown Guardian (February 28, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020
  21. ^ Letter of F.W. Landymore to Department of Indian Affairs (May 18, 1934), National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives. Accessed 9 September 2021 https://archives.nctr.ca/R00009870 (click on Master file PDF)
  22. ^ H.E.M. Chisholm, "Native Canadian Arts and Handicrafts and Their Relation to the Tourist Trade" Proceedings of the [Senate] Special Committee on Tourist Traffic, pgs. 187-90. Accessed 6 October 2020
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