History Project in the 1970's

Local History - Fergus

Jan 24, 1970

There were only 5000 people living in fergus at the time.

Labour/Unions

May 10, 1970

The rise of unions in canada were growing especially for the population of writers.

LGBT

Jun 20, 1970

The LGBT issue rtose to many front poages at the newspapers and the movment started.

Goverment

Aug 28, 1970

The federal government announces plans to convert the nation to the metric system.

Goverment

Nov 13, 1971

The federal voting age is lowered from 21 to 18.

Technology

Jun 14, 1973

The blackbox playback is a mechanism to record flight info and it was established in ottawa airport in canada

Economy

Sep 15, 1974

foreign investment review agency is brought up to incerease income from foriegn occupancys.

War/Military

Sep 26, 1975

Canadian only democratically entered the vietnam war and chose not to envolve them selves in the war.

Sports History

Jul 24, 1976

Montreal played host to the olympic games in the summer of 1976 this was thre first ever hosting in canada for the games.