1933 in Canada
Events from the year 1933 in Canada. Historical Documents. Montreal Gazette report finds that, after bad start, 1933 has brought industrial expansion and "a general revival of confidence" "With a cheery, optimistic feeling prevailing," grain markets in Winnipeg, Chicago and Liverpool raise price of wheat In what "has been a very bad year," federal budget raises taxes and creates support fund for agricultural exporters "Heavy obligations" from resource and production investment call for debt conversion, budget balancing and international agreement Most first ministers back re-employment through shortening of everyone's work day (but unemployment insurance scheme  doubtful) Hitler sworn in as German chancellor, but "surrounded with conservatives" in cabinet With Nazi plurality, German parliament will allow Hitler to suspend its powers and constitution temporarily Appeals to Jewish community and Christians to relieve oppression of German Jews Co-operative Commonwealth Federation rejects capitalism and "its inherent injustice and inhumanity" in Regina Manifesto Marxist delegate to CCF's Regina convention calls it "middle class" and "reformist" Rejected in Saskatchewan by-election, Farmer-Labor (CCF) candidates and campaign managers receive advice from their president Spinning wheel and Bennett buggy: how Prairie farmers are coping in Great Depression Poor woman  asks Prime Minister Bennett to send underwear for her husband (and request is fulfilled) Mackenzie King yields to temptation, being "disobedient to the heavenly vision as I have held it in my heart" Flyer for opening of Harlem-style nightclub in Montreal (note: blackface depicted)