HOA Canada Bennet

Unemployment and Farm Relief Act

Unemployment and Farm Relief Act

Relief for unemployed but less than $20 / person; ineffective

Public Works Construction

Built infrastructure, provided jobs, limited by local scale

Farmer’s Credit Arrangement Act

Delayed farmer debt repaying, removed $4m debt through interest, high use (36,000 cases) | Did not address main issues of drought and falling prices as well as poor effectiveness for creditors and other industries

Relief Camps

Mimicked the American CCC but was under much harsher and pointless conditions with little pay ($0.20/day, 10% of lowest laborers)

Imperial Preference

Preferential trade, mo money to canada

Increased Tariffs

Wanted to combat the U.S Hawley Smoot Tariffs but ended up worsening economy by further limiting global trade and exports. Internally, many staple goods were now being made in surplus and could not be sold. Internal prices rose and could not be bought. Did not address the underlying issues.