1 Jan 1934 Jahr - Relief Act Passed

Beschreibung:

- Bennett passed Relief Act
- created relief camps to support single, unemployed men
- ran according to military rules; very strict
- men worked on gov't projects for 20 cents a day
- camps were dirty and overcrowded
- by 1935, over 200 relief camps were set up
- most in northern ON or northern BC

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