1929: William Lyon Mackenzie King is PM

• Felt the crash was a __________part of the business cycle

• Believed the government should not ____________in the economy

• Calls an election in 1930

Leader of the Conservatives: R.B. Bennett

• Campaigns across Canada promising to take action

• Bennett promises jobs for everyone willing to work, and high __________to protect Canadian industry

"I propose that any government of which I am the head will at the first session of parliament initiate whatever __________is necessary to that end, or perish in the attempt."

– R.B. Bennett, June 9, 1930.

The Five Cent Piece Speech

• King, in response to provincial governments’ requests for relief funding, said he would not give any Conservative provincial governments “a _______-cent piece”

Bennett and the Conservatives win a majority in the 1930 election

Bennett’s Policies

• Also reluctant to interfere with the economy, but does keep his promises

• Relief Acts set aside millions of dollars for emergency relief and, in 1932, create the __________ ________system

• Raises _____________on imported goods

“Blasting” into World Markets

• Wanted the British Empire to adopt preferential tariffs– "I offer to the Mother Country and to all the other parts of

the Empire, a preference in the Canadian market in exchange for a like preference in theirs."

• But Britain was committed to ________trade

But Bennett’s policies are not effective...

• Unemployment _________by 1933

• Bennett begins to gradually increase government ______________in the economy:

• 1934 – created ________of Canada to regulate monetary policy

• 1935 – established Canadian _________Board to regulate wheat prices

• 1935 – introduced ______________benefits

Legacy items as they are still with us today

“Bennett Buggies”

Bennett’s 1935 “New Deal”

– ______________his former policies– New _____________programs – unemployment

insurance, minimum ________, regulation of working conditions, health and ___________ insurance, ______age pension, agricultural support programs

– Goes against his former support of unregulated capitalism – critics said he was making a “deathbed conversion” to ______the election

• Techniques to look for:– Captioning: a sentence or phrase that is the title for the cartoon.– Labelling: words in the drawing to identify people, ideas, or objects.– Relative size: figures are drawn much larger or smaller than others to

make a point or statement.– Shading (light and dark): use of white space and dark shading to create

an effect.– Composition: the arrangement or location of figures or objects in the

cartoon– Symbolism: a sign such as a facial expression, gesture, or body

position, and symbols, an object used to represent something else– Caricature: a distorted, oversimplified, or exaggerated stereotype used

to represent something else.

Political Cartoons, 1930-1935