Prosperity?

Did Canada achieve prosperity in the Post-War period?

Mega Projects

St. Lawrence Seaway

Revelstoke Dam, BC

•Many were funded by American dollars

•CD Howe, minister of internal affairs, made the deals and had the projects built

Canadian-American Trade

Unemployment 1921-1960

Medicare and Social Security

1943 Report, much not instituted till 1970s Saskatchewan first province with health care 1962

Travel

Suburbia and Baby Boom

Economic Downturn 1957-62

Diefenbaker

The “Diefenbuck”

•Recession

•Unemployment high

•Dollar is devalued

Youth Culture

1950s students Elvis in Ottawa 1957

Beatles in Montreal 1964

Marlon Brando in The Wild One

Modern Conveniences

What further information do you need to determine if Canada

achieved prosperity?