new regional political parties of the 1930s
name the 3 regioal political parties that appeared in the 1930s as a response to the depression
-the social credit party
-the union nationale
-ccf cooerative commonwealth association
who led the union nationale
maurice duplessis
who led the ccf (ccoperative commonwealth federation)
james woodsworth
who led the canadian social credit party
william aberhart
what did social credit party believe
-people needed more money so they could buy things and get economy going
-they gave people money to spend (social credits) but no one actually ever got this
what did union nationale believe
-quebec nationalism
-improving working conditions, new markets for farmers, affordable housing
what did cooperative commonwealth believe
-social and economic reforms
-wealth to be shared equally
-became todays NDP party
why did these new parties appear in the 1930s
-the government parties they had (under king and then bennett) werent solving the economic problems