1931 in Canada explained

Events from the year 1931 in Canada.

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Greater autonomy enacted in Statute of Westminster, ending (with exceptions) British parliament's power over Canada[3]

Before statute's passage, PM Bennett affirms that it will not affect constitution's amending process or division of powers[4]

Liberals assert that preserving British parliament's constitution amending power is not subordination, but done "by our own agreement"[5]

MP Henri Bourassa says Statute of Westminster incites "national spirit superior to all provincial, religious and racial prejudices"[6]

Solicitor General Maurice Dupré backs consultation with provinces in amendment of constitution or imperial statutes[7]

Prime Minister's New Year greeting after "a year of difficulty and of testing" that has proven "soundness of our economic structure"[8]

Federal budget includes "imposts that will be felt by everyone in the Dominion in a most direct manner"[9]

Canada not encouraging immigration, and those who do come should have funds to support them for at least six months[10]

Year-end assessment points to Canada's resource and financial assets as well as agriculture troubles and government "extravagance"[11]

Census shows there are 74.32 radios per 1,000 population, Toronto has highest number of radios, and B.C. has highest percentage of farms with radios[12]

Saskatchewan labour groups form political party with platform including nationalization, debt relief and planned economy[13]

Canadian Communists defiant following arrest of comrades for sedition under Criminal Code Section 98[14]

Canadian-born evangelist ministers to new immigrants in California with philosophy that no one is alien in eyes of God[15]

Unlike one-industry cities, Toronto is widely diversified in industrial, commercial and financial enterprises[16]

Toronto Star newsletter encourages carriers with success stories, prizes and "One Order a Day" Club[17]

Cover art: Menu from voyage[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: King George V The Canadian Encyclopedia . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca . 4 December 2022.
  2. Web site: her National Order of Quebec profile (French). 2016-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20160913063607/http://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=300. 2016-09-13. dead.
  3. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/csj-sjc/constitution/lawreg-loireg/p1t171.html "Statute of Westminster, 1931"
  4. "Statute of Westminster" (June 30, 1931), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3, pg. 3199 Accessed 27 May 2020
  5. "Statute of Westminster" (June 30, 1931), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3, pgs. 3202 and 3208 Accessed 27 May 2020
  6. "Statute of Westminster" (June 30, 1931), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3, pg. 3218 Accessed 27 May 2020
  7. "Statute of Westminster" (June 30, 1931), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 2nd Session: Vol. 3, pgs. 3222-3 Accessed 27 May 2020
  8. Canadian Press, "Bennett Pledges Service To Dominion in New Year" The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, Vol. XI, No. 1 (January 1, 1931), pg. 1. Accessed 28 May 2020
  9. F.C. Mears, "Revenue Budget Devised to Meet $75,000,000 Deficit; Many Tariff Changes; Sales Tax Raised to 4 Per Cent" The (Montreal) Gazette, Vol. CLX, No. 131 (June 2, 1931), pg. 1. Accessed 28 May 2020
  10. "Must Have Money; Immigrants to Canada," The (Wellington, N.Z.) Evening Post, Vol. CXI, Issue 93 (April 21, 1931), pg. 7. Accessed 28 May 2020 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=EP19310421.1.7 (click on article to expand)
  11. W.C. Clark, "The Current Business Situation" The Empire Club of Canada Addresses, pgs. 297-318. Accessed 29 May 2020
  12. Dominion Bureau of Statistics, "Radio Sets in Canada, 1931" (1932), pgs. 1, 2, 7. Accessed 27 August 2023
  13. http://library.usask.ca/sni/stories/pol22.html "Province-Wide Party Formed at Conference"
  14. Maurice Spector, "Anti-Communist Arrests in Canada" The Militant (August 29, 1931). Accessed 28 May 2020
  15. Katharine Maurer's remarks to Woman's Home Missionary Society meeting, in Maria Sakovich, "Deaconess Katharine Maurer: 'A First-class Favourite Anytime'" The Argonaut, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 2011), pg. 15. Accessed 12 June 2021
  16. https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-37131084371822D_V7_N18&R=DC-37131084371822D_V7_N18 "Toronto To-Day; Ours is a City of Fine Homes, High Finance, Healthy Commerce and Sound Industry"
  17. https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-37131104907431D_V1_N4&R=DC-37131104907431D_V1_N4 The Route-Builder
  18. https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chung/chungtext/items/1.0375274 "Au revoir dinner menu from the Empress of Japan, from 16 Apr. 1931"

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