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Canada During the 20's and 30's (Residential Schools (The Indian…

- - - - During the peak of the Great Depression, the government began to get involved and each political party had their own ideas on how to solve the issues surrounding poverty,
        
        Social Credit Party of Canada: They believed the solution to the Great Depression was to give each person $25. With this money, people would be able to buy basic necessities like milk and bread. This would increase demand for such things and so would require more workers to produce them. This would create more jobs and would create a cycle where they are getting money and making resources at the same time.
        
        Cooperative Commonwealth Federation: They wanted to end The Great Depression through social and economic reforms. They wanted banks to be publicly owned and services such as transportation and electricity in the hands of the people. They also demanded better healthcare and welfare services. A lot of their demands were blended in with the Liberal and Conservative parties later on and were often accused of being communists.
        
        Conservative Party of Canada: The Conservatives believed they should raise taxes/tariffs on imports as to protect Canadian businesses. By doing this, imported things would become too expensive and Canadians would be forced to buy from Canadian producers. The problem, however, was that there wasn't an appropriate ratio between consumers and produce. This meant a lot was being wasted and even exports became difficult as other countries had retaliated to Canadian import tax hikes.
        
        Liberal Party of Canada: Mackenzie King was the Prime of Canada at the time and believed the Depression would come to pass. When it did not, he believed it was a municipal/provincial issue and that the Federal government should not be heavily involved with the issue. This lead to him being greatly unpopular among Canadians and was the reason he lost the following elections.
        
        Union Nationale: A French Party led by Maurice Duplessis. During the 20's and 30's, a lot of Quebec's natural resources, finances, and industries were owned by British Canadians. Because of this, Maurice blamed them for the issues surrounding the economy. He also strongly believed in a 'Quebec First' policy, doing what was best for Quebec first, rooting for defense of French cultures and their language, as well as the Roman-Catholic religion. They didn't have a realistic approach towards ending economic issues but became popular because of their nationalist values and their potential to replace the corrupt Liberal leader at the time, Alexandre Taschereau.
    - - During the Great Depression, a lot of money was being kept by upper class Canadians. Less was kept by the middle class and the low income class had the least amount of money and so was affected the most by the Great Depression. This only made matters worse because the higher class citizens no longer wanted to invest in stocks due to fears of continually dropping rates. This caused banks to run out of money and even less being able to go back to those who wanted it back.
    - - During the years between 1929-1937, severe droughts and dust storm hit various parts of Canada, specifically farms where agriculture was produced. This led to further issues in the Great Depression as there was even less food being produced. Farmers lost a lot of money as a result.
    - - Due to the reason stated in the stock market crash heading, The Great Depression was triggered. This is also considered the immediate cause of The Great Depression.
- - - - Children would wake up very early to do various chores. For boys, it would mainly be farming and blacksmith work and for girls, it would mostly be cooking, cleaning, and sowing. They would have basic classes and would also be taught religion. Students would learn worldly ethics mostly relating to the lives of White Canadians.