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Summary
People elected Bennett for better results than King but he was even worse. He didn't want to help people out with relief and he raised tariffs. Many made a fool of him.
_P.M. Bennett and the Depression
_-Bennett did not like relief
-he contributed 20 million dollars for work creation programs
-planned to take them back from income tax
-he believed in protectionism and raised tariffs up to 50%
-it came right back at him, other countries put tariffs on Canadian goods
-Everyone made fun of him
Bennet Barnyard(a deserted prairie farm)
Bennett Blanket (Newspaper)
Bennett coffee (Roasted wheat) etc.)
-He feared rise of Communism so banned the Communist Party in 1931
-He created work camps for unemployed single men
-he contributed 20 million dollars for work creation programs
-planned to take them back from income tax
-he believed in protectionism and raised tariffs up to 50%
-it came right back at him, other countries put tariffs on Canadian goods
-Everyone made fun of him
Bennet Barnyard(a deserted prairie farm)
Bennett Blanket (Newspaper)
Bennett coffee (Roasted wheat) etc.)
-He feared rise of Communism so banned the Communist Party in 1931
-He created work camps for unemployed single men
_“One of the greatest assets a man can have on entering life’s struggle is poverty”
- R.B. Bennett
- R.B. Bennett