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Influence of American culture and economics on Canadian politics

...... Conservative lawyer, Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscoutn Bennett, was elected on a campaign of promises of swift action to curb the economic disaster plaguing the country, as a snowball effect of the Great Depression that started in America. One piece of legislation Bennett immediately put into place was relief for the growing numbers of Canadian unemployed. Tariffs were also dramatically increased, to protect industry, as well as to force concessions from other countries. In 1932, at the Imperial Economic Conference in Ottawa, Bennett arranged preferential trade agreements with Britain as well as other Commonwealth countries. The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, the centralized Bank of Canada, and a Wheat Board were all created during his term, in an effort to enlarge the sphere of government. However, the Canadian economy did not recover. In 1935, Bennett would look to America for a solution and implemented a radical reform package that was very similar to the American New Deal. This reform package included: unemployment insurance, minimum wage, a reduced workweek, industrial codes, and permanent economic planning (Canada). After more political turmoil, it would take World War II to fully pull Canada out of its depression
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