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B.C. MLA Gerry McGeer says depression not "due to a reckless public" but businessmen who "expanded far beyond the needs of the time"[1]

Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability [2]

Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation [3]

Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans [4]

Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored" [5]

P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits" [6]

Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries [7]

P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax [8]

Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland [9]

MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization" [10]

Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws [11]

Agriculture deputy minister tells Senate committee how Prairie grasshopper losses as high as 60% will be reduced to less than 10%[12]

"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast [13]

Quebec dairy farmer tells Senate committee why he only breaks even and what causes Montreal milk middlemen to lose money[14]

Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief [15]

Indigenous art (described in past tense as it is "rapidly passing away") can be reinvigorated if promoted to tourists[16]

References
  1. Testimony of G.G. McGeer (May 1, 1934), Proceedings of Select Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Banking and Commerce, pg. 687. Accessed 23 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1705_2_1/691?r=0&s=1
  2. C.R. Blackburn, "Steady Recovery Is Gov't Policy[...]; Hard Work And Thrift Only Means Of Lasting Recovery Claims Premier Bennett," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 6, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340206
  3. Canadian Press, "25,679 Decrease In Families On Relief Payments," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 2, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340202
  4. Canadian Press, "Ottawa Moves to Form Central Bank," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 23, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340223
  5. Canadian Press, "Newfoundland Loses Self-Gov't Today," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340216
  6. Canadian Press, "Maritimes Doing All In Their Power To Cut Expenditures," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 15, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340115
  7. Canadian Press, "Marketing Bill Shown Essential To Recovery Of Maritime Fisheries," The Charlottetown Guardian (April 27, 1934), pgs. 1, 8. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340427
  8. "Empire Trade a Great Boon to Halifax," The Charlottetown Guardian (January 10, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340110
  9. "Canadian Congress Will Launch Relief Campaign for Striken Jewry," Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 9 (Vancouver, May 31, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/jwb-52166/page-1
  10. Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie, "Questions; German Consul-General in Canada" (February 28, 1934), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 1028-9. Accessed 5 June 2020 http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1705_01/1029?r=0&s=1
  11. "Drastic Wheat Control Law For Emergencies," Regina Leader-Post (March 14, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/agr7.html
  12. "Minutes of Evidence" (March 14, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 4-8. Accessed 6 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_1_1/10?r=0&s=1
  13. The Canadian Wheat Pools On the Air; A Series of Radio Messages (1935). Accessed 5 June 2020 http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/5973.html
  14. "Minutes of Evidence" (March 21, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 21-4. Accessed 6 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_1_1/27?r=0&s=1
  15. Canadian Press, "Sweatshop Conditions Pictured," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 28, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340228
  16. H.E.M. Chisholm, "Native Canadian Arts and Handicrafts and Their Relation to the Tourist Trade," Proceedings of the [Senate] Special Committee on Tourist Traffic, pgs. 187-90. Accessed 6 October 2020 https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_3_1/205?r=0&s=1
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