Pierre Trudeau Quote

“We must now establish the basic principles, the basic values and beliefs which hold us together as Canadians so that beyond our regional loyalties there is a way of life and a system of values which make us proud of the country that has given us such freedom and such immeasurable joy."  This quote was about signing the Canadian Charter of Right and Freedom. This quote provides information about Trudeaus believes and what he standed for. This shows how he wanted to make sure all canadians were equal and was trying to make everyone equal with pay so that economy would get better. Trudeau passed the minimum wage law

Pierre Trudeau

Pierre Trudeau was a prime minister that concentrated mostly on making a equal society  He did this by doing things like making laws regarding homosexuality, divorce and abortion. Trudeau set the Canadian charter of rights and freedom. This was a huge step for Canada's independence. Pierre Trudeau was very iconic and was seen almost like a super star. Pierre's main goal was to become a just society which meant that everyone was equal. I think that Pierre was very successful with doing this because he made the charter of rights of freedom, made minimum wage and also made laws regarding homosexuality, divorce and abortion.

D day

D-day was huge attack that happen in June 1944 that was Canadians against the Germans and it took place in France. During this attack 335 Canadians were killed and 700 were injured just on the first day of the attack which was taking over Juno beach. Canada's plan was to have people in tanks and on the ground. This plan went horribly wrong when only some of the boats showed up with people and others had gone missing and the tanks were late and only one showed up the others lost at sea. Canada did take over the beach though and captured many Germans as prisoners. Canadian soldiers made the best out of the condition's that they had and completed their first mission. This shows that even though many soldiers were lost the attack was still worth it and was a success.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/featured/juno-beach

The great depression

When Americas stock market crashed Canada was greatly affected. Many Canadians lost their jobs,homes and all of their money.Once Canadians lost everything they had struggled for awhile but did anything they could to make money for their families. Men would go to camps if they were eligible to do and would only make 20 cent a day but any money was good money at the time. Canadians also tried to vote someone into parliament that seemed to be able to work things out. Though that didn't work out Canadians were still willing to do anything possible to get out of the great depression. Canadians also made many shelters and and private charities to help one another out. Also places that provided entertainment became cheaper. This all shows that the great depression was a very negative time in Canadian history but it also made Canada come together as a nation to grow and become a better nation together.

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Womens Wartime Role

Women had a big role in the War. When all the men went away to the war their was a shortage of worker so the government recruited women into the paid workforce. At first they only targeted un married women that were young but by 1943 they were targeting all women. This made it so that women were allowed to improve their social and economic status by having money to do stuff like go to the movies and they also then got to work together improving their social status. Even though the women worked as hard as the men and as efficiently as the men do they still go paid less than the men. When the war ended most of the women just went back to their traditional roles at home. Some of the women did resist and planted seeds for women's rights movements. This shows that women go treated differently than men even though they shouldn't have because they did the same work and that women were a big help in the war times by taking on the men's job when they went to war.

S.S St.Louis

This documentary on the S.S St.Louis ship in the 1930's show how unhelpful Canada was in world war 2 to the Jewish and were only thinking of themselves. It shows how desperate the people on the ship were and how they would've went anywhere to be save. The fact that a passenger would rather kill himself that go back to Europe shows how bad it was over there for them. Canada was lead on fear at this time. They didn't let the Jews into Canada because they were afraid of what would happen if they did. This shows that Canada wasn't a very strong country at this time. More than half the people ended up dying when they got back to Europe. That could have been prevented if Canada or any other country's had taken in the Jewish people and weren't so scared of what would happen if they would've taken them in. The fact that Canada also didn't allows Jewish refugees to come into Canada for two years also shows that they were scared of what would happen. Canada could have definitely taken some of the Jews in to the country to help them survive.
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/stlouis.html

Canadian identity

The Canadian flag is one of the biggest symbols for Canadians. It shows our freedom as a Canadian  and represents who we are as a country. It shows that we are a independent. When we hang up the flag it shows the love and respect we have for our country.The Canadian flag is hung up to show the freedom we have as a country. 

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/publications/discover/section-11-images.asp