British Influence On Canada In The 1920s And 1930s

Canada’s media industries have played a huge role in the Canadian culture. The Canadian culture has integrated with other countries forming a successful globalization. Many countries including the United States have contributed to the success in Canada’s media industries. The success of globalization between all of the countries was predicted by Marshall McLuhan and ever since his prediction, the world can be depicted as a global village. The global village can be viewed as a tool, a tool that is bringing the world together, despite the different languages, locations, and diverse cultures. With new technologies being developed more often, the communication skills between different countries are very successful. Canada’s diversity in their media and policies has established a global village with people around the world, allowing them to relate to the Canadian culture.

For many decades, writers and authors have accused the American influence on Canada as one of the reasons why Canada is losing its heritage, with one major aspect being the game of hockey. The institutionalization of American Culture began to take root in Canada during the late 1920’s and 1930s as technological advances, specifically the invention of the radio, allowed Canadians to enjoy American entertainment. American stations were much more reliable than Canadian ones, causing American sporting stations such as NBC and CBS to become extremely popular in Canada (Gruneau et al, 1993). As Canada was becoming intertwined with the United States (U.S.), it was becoming less of a satellite of Britain, which made it tremendously difficult for Canada’s elite to protect British ideals such as self-improvement and participating in sport for the game’s sake. (Gruneau et al, 1993). In the early 1940’s, after the great depression forced many franchises to dismantle, the National Hockey League (NHL) was left with six teams, which made up the famous “original six.” At this time, America had a strong influence on the game, as four of the original six teams were based in the United States, and all of the players in league were paid in American dollars (Gruneau et al, 1993). By the early 1960’s, televised sports were emerging in North America, and NHL players were becoming mainstream stars. Inspired by this, along with the threat of the NHL losing its television contract to the Western

This act occurred on July 1st, 1867 the law The British North America Act is important in Canadian history because it is the 1867 Act which officially created the new country of Canada by joining together the four provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia legal in Confederation. This legislation, passed by the British Parliament, created Canada as a new making it its own today. Therefore Canada is an independent country that must not listen to anyone but themselves.

Far from the shores of England, and to a large extent independent from the mother country, Canada remained reliant upon Britain, at least for its military expertise. Although Britain was largely preoccupied with the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, its military support of Canada, especially in the later phases of the war, proved to be decisive in the defeat of the Americans. Perhaps this is only appropriate given that Britain’s policy of impressment of American vessels and sailors was a principal cause of the War of 1812(Black, 185). To be fair though, American expansionist sentiment, embodied in the cries of the War Hawks leading up to the War of 1812, and that later manifested itself in the form of Manifest Destiny contained in the Monroe Doctrine, was also a cause of the war. Also contributing to the start of the War was the growing expansionist sentiment in the United States that was based on the idea of American superiority over Canada(185). This sense of superiority was rooted not only in the ideology of the American revolution, that republicanism and democracy were superior to monarchy and despotism, but also in the comparative advantage in population, manpower, financial and industrial strength enjoyed by America (Creighton,108). To the Americans, Upper Canada was an appealing and exceedingly vulnerable province by virtue of its geography, small population and perhaps even more so because of the composition of that population that included many recent

British was weak in Canada during the war and Americans’ had a terrible army so they couldn’t take over Canada.

During the 1920’s and 30’s, Canada gained political, economic, and social autonomy through several crucial events. To begin with, Autonomy is defined as a nation's independence from another countries obstruction in its domestic affairs, which could simply mean having the power to govern oneself and make one’s own decisions. During the Interwar period, Canada was involved in several events. However, this time around Canada was not just around as Britain’s puppet, but there as a conscious being aware of its own actions. The one similar aspect is that Canada was still quite influenced by Britain and now even America. Otherwise, Canada had started to build up its own autonomy throughout these events in the political, social, and economical properties,

The Statute of Westminister allowed Canada to make their own laws and regulations. Britain couldn’t rule Canada, but the Privy Council in Britain is still higher than Supreme Court of Canada. The document was signed in Britain since Canada was still part of British Empire at the time. Britain passed the Statute of Westminister on Dec. 11, 1931, and Canada gained complete independence. This Statute affected not only Canada but five more colonies, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Irish Free State, the Dominion of Newfoundland, the Dominion of New Zealand, and the Union of South Africa. The provinces and federal government couldn't agree on making changes to the B.N.A. Act and freedom would be given to the countries under the British Ruling. To be able to do things that they wanted to do, weren't forced to do anything. Canada was now able to govern itself on its own rather than with the help from Britain & it became a self-governing nation. It was the first time that Canada wasn't controlled by any other country. This was a

The North-West Mounted Police also known as the NWMP was most effective from 1873 to 1920. It was created after the confederation. The NWMP had a big role in stopping the whiskey trade and the violence that was involved with it, on the southern prairies. Sir John A. Macdonald knew about the harmful effect of the whiskey trade on the Blackfoot, and Blood tribes, along with other First Nations. Lieutenant William F. Butler a British army officer said that the regions in Saskatchewan had no law, rules, and/or security for property or life. This caused robbers and murders to get away with their crimes, with no consequences. In June 1873, over 30 Assiniboines, American Indians were killed by the whiskey trade in an event called Cypress Hills Massacre. The NWMP affected Canada as it enforced the federal laws in the west, and the Arctic. They also helped end the North-West Rebellion with the federal government and made rules for the Klondike Gold Rush.Therefore, Canada was affected by the North-West Mounted Police in many ways.

As canada emerged from the war the economy started to grow stronger and stronger, because of the mass job gain in canada while the war was happening and this is how it started. Canada's

Nothing could have better complimented  the end of WW1  than the 1920s, also known as the roaring twenties. This era is most notable for its help in  revolutionizing Canada into a  new modern age and help shape Canada into what it is today. This was a time of many new remarkable inventions like the automobile, the radio, and the telephone which all had advanced and change how we live today.  This era was also when Canada took the necessary steps in achieving greater autonomy from Britain. Canadians believed that Canada should no longer be controlled by a European power, so in the decades after war, Canada took steps toward independence. Canada joined the League of Nations in 1919. This was one of the first times canada took independent action in cooperation with a

WWI/Interwar Years Essay World War 1 and the Inter-war periods are events that molded Canada into what it is today. While these events were drastically different they both impacted Canada greatly. The social, political and economic transformation that the Interwar Period has had on Canada overwhelms the outcomes of WW1, despite both being significant. World War 1 helped Canada solidify Canadian independence apart from the British Empire with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. However, Canadian independence truly developed after WW1 with the modern labour movement, economic stability, and the development of women's rights.

With most of the men gone to the war the women had to start working in the factories. The women were essential to keep Canada’s economy flowing. But even though the women were still working Canada was still amassing massive debt; Canada could not depend on Britain for money, and the Prime Minister also decided to not raise taxes, so Canada had to borrow “Since Britain could not afford to lend to Canada, White turned to the US.” (First World War WWI), the Prime Minister also decided to borrow form the own citizens of Canada “ In 1915 he asked for $50 million; he got $100 million.” (First World War WWI). Canada’s own debt kept on increasing even reaching the amount of “... $2.46 billion.” (First World War WWI). The economy was in a dire situation, with all the debt and the massive amount of workers needed. Canad tried to relieve some of the burden by taxing companies who made over $50,000. Most factories had shut down so employment was a major issue, but with the Imperial Munitions Board (IMB) being created there were an immense amount of jobs created from this. Canada’s economic crisis had been averted for a while with the creation of the IMB there were a lot more job opportunities, but there was still the debt Canada kept on amassing form the war and the supplies that were constantly needed on the front

Being the Second World War that Canada had taken part in, they had grown farther apart from Britain. There was a greater sense of pride and nationalism, Canadians no longer sought to be British or American, but Canadian. Canada’s growth didn’t stop just there, it matured and also gained Political

First of all, Canada benefits from close ties to America because it helps us with our economy. Back in the late 1950’s and 1960’s the opening of American branch plants were introduced to Canadians. American companies would

It was in the weary war years of Mackenzie King in the 1930’s when the development of Canadian foreign policy started to take shape. Before that period Canada did not have an independent foreign policy with no international presence whatsoever and Canadian people saw themselves as part of the British dynasty. The first period in the formulation of Canadian foreign policy was in fact the ‘absence’ of policy and it was World War 1 which gave birth to foreign policy. Sixty thousand Canadians were lost which left Canadians wary of international development especially when there were very few military objectives. Canada had minimal control over her own troops and negotiations with the British were a challenge. Our troops were under control of the British and negotiating with the British was challenging. Looking back, there was almost a sense of absurdity about WW1. Therefore, Canadians came out of WW1 with a stronger than ever desire for independence. The Statute of Westminster, 1931, was the last of the Imperial Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain applicable to all dominions. It granted Canada,