Canada’s government during the Great Depression was a parliamentary democracy. Their system of government states that law is the supreme authority. Their constitution act of 1867 is the basis of their written constitution and it states that there shall only be one parliament consisting of three essential elements which are the Crown, the Senate, and the House of Commons. The process for law making in Canada is through one federal, ten provincial and three territorial governments. Enacting laws is strictly done by the legislature that represents the Canadian people. The government is a representative government. Although Canada is a parliamentary democracy it is also a constitutional monarchy. Hence, Canada’s executive power rests in the Queen’s
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When the depression started Mackenzie King was their prime minister. His beliefs were that the crisis would just pass so he did minimal relief spending and he also refused to provide federal aid to the provinces. He was a member of the liberal party. Throughout his time in government he faced a growing dissent from World War II soldiers that expected that their sacrifices would be made up for or compensated during the difficult economic times. R.B. Bennett on the other hand was a conservative. He ruled as a prime minister from 1930 to 1935. His way of trying to end the depression was to increase trade within the British Empire and to impose tariffs for imports from outside of the empire. That was known as the imperial preference policy. At first Bennett’s government refused to provide large amounts of federal aid and relief to the provinces, but that changed. By the end of his campaign, he provided 20 million dollars towards relief and he also raised the tariffs on imports to 50%. To protect Canada’s government from foreign competition. Not only did it protect Canada’s government from foreign competition, but it also ended trade …show more content…
His ideas were were saw as a violation of section ninety two of the Canadian Constitution. Bennett was then replaced by former prime minister Mackenzie King in the election of 1935. When King became Prime minister for the second time he introduced relief programs such as the National Housing Act and the National Employment Commission. Along with that he also nationalized the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, the Trans-Canada Airlines, and the bank of Canada. Later on spending in the Canadian government increased on public works and boosted the economy. Many men also enlisted into the military and unemployment decreased greatly with that. After that, Canada economy saw success for the first time in many
When the depression started Mackenzie King was their prime minister. His beliefs were that the crisis would just pass so he did minimal relief spending and he also refused to provide federal aid to the provinces. He was a member of the liberal party. Throughout his time in government he faced a growing dissent from World War II soldiers that expected that their sacrifices would be made up for or compensated during the difficult economic times. R.B. Bennett on the other hand was a conservative. He ruled as a prime minister from 1930 to 1935. His way of trying to end the depression was to increase trade within the British Empire and to impose tariffs for imports from outside of the empire. That was known as the imperial preference policy. At first Bennett’s government refused to provide large amounts of federal aid and relief to the provinces, but that changed. By the end of his campaign, he provided 20 million dollars towards relief and he also raised the tariffs on imports to 50%. To protect Canada’s government from foreign competition. Not only did it protect Canada’s government from foreign competition, but it also ended trade …show more content…
His ideas were were saw as a violation of section ninety two of the Canadian Constitution. Bennett was then replaced by former prime minister Mackenzie King in the election of 1935. When King became Prime minister for the second time he introduced relief programs such as the National Housing Act and the National Employment Commission. Along with that he also nationalized the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, the Trans-Canada Airlines, and the bank of Canada. Later on spending in the Canadian government increased on public works and boosted the economy. Many men also enlisted into the military and unemployment decreased greatly with that. After that, Canada economy saw success for the first time in many