Chapter 4 Flashcards
Which Canadian social welfare program completes this list?
universal health care
What was an outcome of the National Energy Program (NEP)?
increased feeling of western alienation
War Brides
to wartime marriages between soldiers and foreigners, especially–but not exclusively–during World War I and World War II. One of the largest and best documented war bride phenomenons is American soldiers marrying German “Fräuleins” after World War II
Post-war immigration
After being limited before WW1, it became alot less strict and many people were allowed to immigrate
Displaced persons
Those who are forced
to leave their native home because of war
or for political reasons
WWII veterans + benefits
Many benefits - many jobs. Veterans who
wished to attend university or trade school received free tuition and living allowances. Veterans and war widows got preference for government jobs. The Veterans’ Land Act gave veterans mortgages at lower rates.
Baby boom
Any time where there are alot of babies being born people born during the demographic Post–World War II baby boom between the years 1946 and 1964
Consumer society
community in which the buying and selling of mass-produced goods and services is promoted through mass media and is the dominant economic activity.
Massey Commission
a body set up by the
federal government to study the state of
Canadian culture
Canada Council For the ARts
the group
that funds Canadian artists and supports
the arts in Canada
Margaret Lawrence
a Canadian novelist and short story writer, one of the major figures in Canadian literature.
Robertson Davies
a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor.
W.O. Mitchell
a Canadian writer and broadcaster. known for his radio series Jake and the Kid, which aired on CBC Radio between 1950 and 1956 and was also about life on the Prairies
CRTC
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission the agency that regulates the amount of foreign material broadcast over the airwaves in Canada and imposes rules requiring Canadian content immigration policy a nation’s regulations
Transfer payments
a redistribution of income in the market system. These payments are considered to be non-exhaustive because they do not directly absorb resources or create output. Rich money goes to the poor
Leduc, Alberta
Found oil there in 1947. It was Canada’s entry into the international oil market. became a boom town
Megaprojects
s large-scale construction
projects that require a huge capital investment;
the construction of the St. Lawrence
Seaway is an example
Trans-Canada Highway
A Mega Project. construction began in 1950 with huge government
investment to upgrade and pave roads along the TransCanada
Route
• 7821-kilometre road from St. John’s, Newfoundland, to
Victoria, British Columbia; would be the longest national
highway in the world
St. Lawrence Seaway
A Mega Project. A system of locks that would allow large ships from the
Atlantic to travel all the way to Lake Superior
• built cooperatively by Canada and United States
between 1954 and 1959
• benefits: prairie grain could be loaded directly onto
Europe-bound ships at Thunder Bay, cutting back on
the cost of rail transportation; business increased in
inland ports; and hydroelectric power plants were
developed at dam sites
Trans-Canada Pipeline
natural gas pipeline to carry gas east from Alberta all the
way to Québec
• completed in 1958