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Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stability [1]

Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situation [2]

Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loans [3]

Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored" [4]

P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits" [5]

Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheries [6]

P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax [7]

Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland [8]

MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization" [9]

Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws [10]

"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast [11]

Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in relief [12]

References
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. "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
  8. "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
  9. 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
  10. "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
  11. 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
  12. Canadian Press, "Sweatshop Conditions Pictured," The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020 https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340228
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