Deferring Expectations, 19191945 Timeline

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Chapter 8

• Deferring Expectations, 19191945 Timeline

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Timeline

• 1919
• Red Scare begins.
• Government suppresses Winnipeg General Strike.
• First Congress of the League of Indians Meets in
  Sault Ste Marie.
• Canadian Bookman is founded.
• 1920
• Progressive Party is formed.
• First issues of Canadian Forum, Canadian
  Historical Review, and The Dalhousie Review
  appear
• The Group of Seven holds its first exhibition of
  paintings

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• 1921
• In a federal election, the Progressive Party wins
  64 seats.
• William Lyon Mackenzie Kings Liberals form the
  government.
• The Maritime Rights Movement is organized.
• 1923
• Famous Players Canadian Corporation takes over
  Allen Theatres.

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• 1924
• William Aberhart begins the Prophetic Bible
  Institute broadcasts over Calgarys CFCN.
• 1925
• United Church of Canada is formed.
• Pacific Coast Hockey League folds.
• 1926
• Governor General Byng refuses Prime Minister King
  a dissolution for a new election a
  constitutional crisis ensues.

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• 1929
• Stock market collapses.
• Aird Commission report on public broadcasting
  favours nationalization of radio.
• 1930
• Great Depression begins.
• R.B. Bennetts Conservatives are elected to power
  in Ottawa.
• 1931
• Canadian government arrests and imprisons eight
  leaders of the Communist Party.

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• 1932
• Co-operative Commonwealth Federation is founded
  in Calgary.
• Bennett government forms the Canadian Radio
  Broadcasting Commission.
• 1933
• Depression sees huge unemployment rolls.
• Regina Manifesto is adopted by the CCF.
• Maurice Duplessis becomes leader of the
  Conservative Party of Quebec.
• T. Dufferin Pattullo wins election in British
  Columbia.

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• 1936
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is formed.
• 1937
• General Motors strike in Oshawa.
• Royal Commission on DominionProvincial
  Relations is appointed.
• Lord Tweedsmuir creates the Governor Generals
  awards.

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• 1939
• Canada declares war on Germany.
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan is
  founded.
• 1940
• Royal Commission on DominionProvincial Relations
  recommends restructuring of public finances.

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• 1941
• Emily Carr wins Governor Generals award for Klee
  Wyck.
• Hong Kong surrenders to Japan.
• Pearl Harbor is attacked.
• 1942
• Dieppe raid sees 2,700 Canadian killed or
  captured.
• National plebiscite held to release government
  from non-conscription pledge.

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• 1943
• March report on social security is tabled in the
  House of Commons.
• 1944
• Family Allowances Act and National Housing Act
  are passed.