How well did Canadians (Government and Citizens) Support Those Who Fell on Hard Times during the Great Depression

The depression was a dark time for most Canadians. After the war times it was great in Canada and everyone had a bit of extra wealth to spend and had a good time; There was also many new technologies that people invested their money into but most people didn’t know what was about to come next. On Black Tuesday (October 29, 1929) the stock market crashed and everything went downhill. There were a number of other reasons that the 1930’s were such hard times and the Government didn’t do it’s best to stop them. He did make relief but it didn’t live up to its potential, healthcare and living conditions were also inadequate. There were also selfish people like R.B. Bennett and Charles Miller that made the hard times worse. The Government put Canadians in work camps but the fought back by starting the On-To-Ottawa Trek. It was not easy to live in Canada in the 1930’s and Government didn’t put forth enough to help Canadians. In the depression the relief or pogey that the Canadian Government supplied was not adequate. Pogey only included vouchers for things like food and relief (Fielding) and many necessities were left out. It couldn’t be used for supplies that the people really needed like building supplies to keep their houses from getting shabby and falling apart, clothes and rat poisons. This led to major health hazards. Next, relief ranged from $14 a month in Halifax to $60 in Calgary (Fielding). Back in that time period families commonly had many children even sometimes 11 (Azzopardi) and grandparents lived with them also. This was not enough for a family to live off for a month. Another flaw in the relief system is that no matter how big your family is and if you’re struggling a little bit or a lot it was a fixed amount everyone would get. Finally, relief was hard to get and you had to live in the same place for from 6 months to a year in order to be able to get it (Patton). During the depression many people moved around in order to find work. This left them with literally nothing. Relief was also hard to get for people ...

-1937 0.29 000 1 1.03 1/10 1/3 10.7 11 12 14 1928 1929 1930 1931 1935 2/3 20 21 24 26.6 29 363 4 6 60 7.3 79 8 88 abl addit adequ advanc affect afford air along alreadi also alway amount ancestor anim anoth apart arabl around asid averag away azzopardi babi back bad becam becom begin benaggio bennett besid best big bit black blow board bore build built bunk bushel calgari camp canada canadian cannelli car card care carriag cent chang charl children choic circumst citi citizen cloth colleg come common communiti conclus condit conquer control cost could couldn countri cover crash creat crop crowd dam damag danger dark day death demand depress derbi desper didn die dirt dirti diseas disgust doctor doesn downhil dri drop drought due dump duti easi economi effort either end enough enter entertain especi even everi everyon everyth everywher exampl expens export extra factori fall famili far farm farmer fell field fight fill final find first fit fix flaw food forc forth fought freedom full fund garbag get global go goe good got govern grandpar grasshopp great grow gut halifax hard hardest harsh hazard health healthcar heavili hectar help high hit home homemad hoover horribl hors hospit hot hour hous idea imagin imposs improv inadequ incas includ incom instead intent invest involv job june keep kid kidnap knew know lack land last late lawyer lead leader leav led left let life like liter littl live lose lost lot low made major make mani manitoba market mass massiv matter may meaningless meanwhil medic medicin men mennil messag met metal miller million minist modern money month move mrs much natur necess necessari need never new next noth number nurs octob offic on-to-ottawa one order ottawa overcrowd paper part patton pay peopl period pick place play pogey point poison polic poor potenti poverti power prairi prepar pretti price prime problem proper properti protect provid provinc put qualiti r.b rag rais rang rat rate re readi realli reason regina regist regular reli relief requir research resourceless respond rich right riot risk role room ruin run saskatchewan saturday save see selfish sell sent separ serv set sever sewag shabbi shack short show sit slept small smelli smog sometim spend spread spring staff stand start starter still stock stop stork storm straw street striker struggl succeed success superintend suppli support surround swept system take tariff tear technolog thing time took top topsoil tough toward train treat trek tri trough tuesday turbucolosi turn u.s unabl unclean uncomfort unemploy unsuit use vancouv vast violent virtual vote voucher wage want war warehous wash wasn water way wealth wear weather well went weren west western wheat win wind window winnipeg without word work workforc wors worst would year young