Midterm Review: Post-War Flashcards
War brides
Soldier marry foreign women
Newfoundland and Confederation
1949: Joins confederation
Displaced persons
forced migration
War veterans
Veteran’s Land Act; provided loans, compensation access to education and employment
CRTC
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission; regulate the amount of foreign material that is broadcast over the airways
Canadian Council
Crown Cooperation- Arts council of government of Canada; Promote study of works in Art
Trans-Canada Highway
travels through 10 provinces of Canada between its Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean coasts to the west and east
National Action Committee on Status of Women
Canadian feminist activist organization; made recommendation for change about activities
National Debt
Rich nations help poor nations
Immigration post-war
Point system: knowledge of 2 official languages
Citizenship Act of 1976; Immigration Act of 1978
Baby boom
4 million births a year for 10 year period
Consumer society
???
Massey Commission
Canada was afraid US take over Can w/Media etc (great impact) protect Canadian culture
Equalization payments
Fed gov. give $ to poorer provinces
Transfer payments
transfer is made without any exchange of goods or services
Leduc, Alberta
Oil
Mega project
Trans-Canada highway, Trans-Continental pipeline, Avro Arrow, Atomic Energy Canada,St. Lawrence Seaway
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada-US Links Great-Lakes to global markets; flooded communities
John Diefenbaker
PM; Anti-Americanism
Canadian Bill of Rights
???
Canada Pension Plan 1966
Retirement income system:
benefits package for retirees and disabled contributors. If the recipient dies, survivors receive the plan’s provided benefits.
Medical Care Act
Personal health insurance
Tommy Douglas
Created universal health care in Canada
Welfare State
Assistance for the disabled/ blind; pensions, social assistance,loans, medical care (ex. Social security)
New Democratic Party
CCF (adapted some new ideas)
Expo 67
World’s fair @ Montreal (show off stuff)
- France President spoke about breaking the country
- > Tension!
“Trudeau mania”
“The state has no business in the nation’s bedrooms.”
- wanted political change; charming; Liberal
“Just society”
Adheres to the morals and ethics of the majority of the populace rather than of a small ruling class.
Vietnam War
Anti-war protest
Feminism
Defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women.
Pay and employment equity
???
Royal Commission on the Status of Women
Ensures men and women have = opportunities in Society Omnibus Bill: Abortion/Contraception
Regionalism
tension between Quebec and the rest of Canada;independence from a national state and the development of their own political power
Regional disparity
differences in the standard of living and quality of life that exist in the different regions of Canada
Western alienation
creation of western political parties (which actually led to a raise of new politics)
Peter Lougheed
Alberta premier; development of the oil and gas resources (National Energy Program)
National Energy Program (NEP)
Energy Crisis; gave power to Ottawa
- > Alverta lost jobs and screwed up economy
- Repose to OPEC
Collapse of Cod Fishery
pollution through industrialization, depletion of the cod fish
Deficit
Debt
Brian Mulroney
Conservative PM; Hated; because of increase of deficit; sold out FTA & oil and natural gas
-> Introduced GST
Paul Martin
Finance Minister -> PM
-Lower GPD
Canadarm
Canada was recognized for expertise in robotics because of what new technology (Space race)
Transcanada Pipeline
System of natural gas pipelines (h Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec)
