Bennett's New Deal

In the mid-1930s, at the height of the GREAT DEPRESSION, Prime Minister R.B. BENNETT's political demise seemed inevitable. Seeking to reverse the tide running against his Conservative Party, on 2 January 1935 he began a series of live radio speeches outlining a "New Deal" for Canada.

Bennett's "New Deal" promised a more progressive taxation system, a maximum work week, a minimum wage, closer regulation of working conditions, unemployment insurance, health and accident insurance, a revised old-age pension and agricultural support programs. Nevertheless, Bennett lost the October 1935 general election, and in January 1937 the JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL declared most of the "New Deal" ULTRA VIRES.

Author JOHN ENGLISH

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