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The Great Depression was a time of sadness, lack of jobs and lack of food had been two major parts. During this time, farmers were depended on for the raw resources and supply of food for the country. To add on to the lack of money and jobs during this time, farmers had hit a wall, or more so a dry spout. Set mainly in Alberta, the harvest was hit with a dry spell, killing all crops until 1927. It became so bad that 80% of the Tilley-East country was permanently evacuated.
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Between 1921 and 1926, 138 townships in southern Alberta lost a minimum of 55% of their population and by 1926 80% of the Tilley-East country was permanently evacuated. Abandoning farms in the '20s exceeded those of the Great Depression and the settlers flee towards the west, north and some headed south to America. The drought had lead to new farming techniques.
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Thanks to the lack of men to fill the jobs in the first World War, women had stepped in and took over male-preferred jobs. Unfortunately, they were paid around 50% to 80% of the working men's wages and employed to help fill the labour load of the men in the workforce.
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The movement for equal rights seemed to have a good push thanks to the need for workers in World War 1 but, soon after the war was over and men returned, the Great Depression put an end to the movement, women lost their jobs faster then men did and sadly forced the movement a step in the wrong direction and women lost footing in the male dominated workforce
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During World War 2, the Jewish community was furious at Canadian government for denying access to Jewish refugees feeling Germany. The messages for Canadian Jews were conflicting, they did not care about the Jewish population nor think of them as human, yet asked them to fight alongside other Canadians for a country that did not love them and yet Jewish men signed up to fight and possibly die for Canada.
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The hate for Jewish people in Canada was large, but the hate for Jews who tried to come to Canada's borders to escape the death camps and Nazi Germany was greater, they denied access to many and turned them back home and for most of them, their deaths. Canada had made it clear that they had a dislike for the Jewish population. The lack of sympathy had left a sour taste for the Jewish Canadian population as they watched boats refused access to the safe borders of Canada.
