Dec 16, 2009

Salem on History | Canada Passes Tariffs to Ease the Great Depression

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Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
Categories: Government and Politics, Economics
Subcategories: Business, Trade, Commerce, Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Depressions, Recessions
Curriculum: Canadian History
Geographical Location: Canada
Date: September 8, 1930

Article abstract: The Canadian government sought relief from the Great Depression by implementing new policies designed to improve the economy and put people back to work.

Summary of Event

On September 8, 1930, the Canadian parliament passed new tariff laws designed to help Canada weather what became the Great Depression. The laws were designed to exclude the importation into Canada of types of articles already being produced domestically, as well as products that Canadians might produce in the future. The 1930 laws by themselves were not critical; they...

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Salem on History | Canada Passes Tariffs to Ease the Great Depression

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Summary of Event

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