Chapter 20

William Lyon Mackenzie King
http://collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3250-e.html

This site provides biographical information on Canada's tenth Prime Minister, plus links to his diaries and speeches.

Arthur Meighen
http://collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3225-e.html

This site provides biographical information on Arthur Meighen, plus links to his key speeches.

The Great Depression
www.gusmorino.com/pag3/greatdepression/index.html

This article considers the main causes of the Great Depression and its political, economic, and social effects.

R. B. Bennett
www.collectionscanada.ca/primeministers/h4-3275-e.html

A profile of R.B. Bennett, as well as an account of his speeches, is offered on this site.

Regina Manifesto
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/ECON/needhdata/
Regina_Manifesto.html

Read the text of the Regina Manifesto, adopted at the first national convention of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933.

On To Ottawa Trek
www.ontoottawa.ca

View historical photographs and read about the On to Ottawa Trek of 1935 at this site.

The "Persons" Case
www.famous5.org

This site is dedicated to the five women (Henrietta Muir Edwards, Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, and Irene Parlby) who petitioned the Canadian to have women declared "persons" under Section 24 of the British North America Act so that they could serve in the Senate of Canada.