Politics Flashcards
Five cent speech
Mackenzie king
April 3 1930
Believed government should not give provincial unemployment benefits
Union nationals platform
Ensure survival of French culture Pushed for Quebec autonomy Reform agenda Raise minimum wage Provincially owned hydroelectric systems Supports Quebec farmers Cheap loans roads and electrification program p
Union nationals formed
1936 Quebec by Maurice duplessisb
Union national organized labour
Against supported employers
Passed laws to obstruct unions and used polic to break strikes
Abused padlock law 1937 broke into doors of buildings with communit ties
Influenced elections
Conoperative commonwealth federation
Formation
Saskatchewan 1932
Western labour and farm groups formed it
Leader j s Wordsworth
Became ndp in 1961
Ccf platform
Regina mania fest I Government owned banks and transportation Government provides medical services Crop insurance for farmers Employee insurance Senior pensions Government provides necessities m Socialism Down with capitalism
Social credit party formed
Alberta 1934 William abet Hart Appealed to people issuing radio Disbanded in 1970 after disputes Never laid
Social credit platform and appeal
Pay Alberta dividend of 25 dollars a month
British economic theory social credit plenty of goods for sale need more buying
Popular charismatic leader
On going economic crisis
Simple solution