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1934 in Canada

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{{Year in Canada|1934}}

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Events from the year 1934 in Canada.

Incumbents

= Crown =

  • Monarch – George V{{cite web |title=King George V {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/king-george-v |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=4 December 2022}}

= Federal government =

= Provincial governments =

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== Premiers ==

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Events

== Sport ==

Births

=January to March=

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=April to June=

=July to September=

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  • August 16 - Douglas Kirkland, Canadian-born American photographer (d. 2022 in the United States)[https://variety.com/2022/film/news/douglas-kirkland-dead-celebrity-photographer-1235393467/ Douglas Kirkland, Hollywood Photographer, Dies at 88]
  • August 22 - Ralph Mellanby, sportscaster and television producer (d. 2022)[https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/ralph-mellanby-hockey-broadcast-icon-dead-at-87 Ralph Mellanby, hockey broadcast icon, dead at 87]
  • August 27 - Reggie Parks, wrestler and engraver (d. 2021)[https://slamwrestling.net/index.php/2001/07/09/slam-wrestling-canadian-hall-of-fame-reggie-parks/?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=pmd_TEKzsQ3P698XvFHxELBjdWoTKK1J94kn1Dw8WPAjxm0-1633803937-0-gqNtZGzNAqWjcnBszQe9 REGGIE PARKS: WRESTLER TO BELT MAKER EXTRAORDINAIRE]
  • August 31 - Herb Epp, politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (1977{{ndash}}1990) (d. 2013)
  • September 2 - Donald B. Redford, archaeologist
  • September 11 - Oliver Jones, jazz pianist, organist, composer and arranger
  • September 21 - Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and artist (d. 2016)
  • September 25 - Ronald Lou-Poy, lawyer and community leader (d. 2022)

=October to December=

Deaths

Historical documents

B.C. MLA Gerry McGeer says depression not "due to a reckless public" but businessmen who "expanded far beyond the needs of the time"[https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_HOC_1705_2_1/691?r=0&s=1 Testimony of G.G. McGeer] (May 1, 1934), Proceedings of Select Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Banking and Commerce, pg. 687. Accessed 23 October 2020

Prime Minister Bennett says nothing "spectacular" will be done to regain economic stabilityC.R. Blackburn, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340206 "Steady Recovery Is Gov't Policy(...); Hard Work And Thrift Only Means Of Lasting Recovery Claims Premier Bennett"] The Charlottetown Guardian (February 6, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

Conservatives note 25,000 fewer families on relief by end of 1933, but C.C.F. leader finds no improvement in situationCanadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340202 "25,679 Decrease In Families On Relief Payments"] The Charlottetown Guardian (February 2, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020

Bill introduced to create Bank of Canada with initial capital of $5 million and "appropriate limitations" on loansCanadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340223 "Ottawa Moves to Form Central Bank"] The Charlottetown Guardian (February 23, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020 (See also [https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.bills_HOC_1705_1/752 Bank of Canada act preamble] for purposes of bank)

Newfoundland goes under rule by commission "until the credit of the country has been restored"Canadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340216 "Newfoundland Loses Self-Gov't Today"] The Charlottetown Guardian (February 16, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

P.E.I. premier says Island's farming and fishing are "at low ebb," with fishermen "in dire straits"Canadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340115 "Maritimes Doing All In Their Power To Cut Expenditures"] The Charlottetown Guardian (January 15, 1934), pgs. 1, 3. Accessed 5 June 2020

Bennett government's resources marketing bill will end cutthroat competition in fisheriesCanadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340427 "Marketing Bill Shown Essential To Recovery Of Maritime Fisheries"] The Charlottetown Guardian (April 27, 1934), pgs. 1, 8. Accessed 5 June 2020

P.E.I. merchant finds 1932 Commonwealth trade agreements have produced much export shipping in Halifax[https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340110 "Empire Trade a Great Boon to Halifax"] The Charlottetown Guardian (January 10, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

Canadian Jewish Congress will raise $950,000 for German Jewish refugees and ruined businesses in Germany and Poland[https://newspapers.lib.sfu.ca/jwb-52166/page-1 "Canadian Congress Will Launch Relief Campaign for Striken Jewry"] Jewish Western Bulletin, Vol. V, No. 9 (Vancouver, May 31, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

MP Samuel William Jacobs indicts German consul-general in Montreal for anti-Semitic pamphlet "Germany's Fight for Western Civilization"Minister of Justice Hugh Guthrie, [http://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1705_01/1029?r=0&s=1 "Questions; German Consul-General in Canada"] (February 28, 1934), House of Commons Debates, 17th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 1028-9. Accessed 5 June 2020

Prairie provinces and federal government assuming dictatorial powers over wheat in emergency control laws[http://library2.usask.ca/sni/stories/agr7.html "Drastic Wheat Control Law For Emergencies"] Regina Leader-Post (March 14, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

Agriculture deputy minister tells Senate committee how Prairie grasshopper losses as high as 60% will be reduced to less than 10%[https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_1_1/10?r=0&s=1 "Minutes of Evidence"] (March 14, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 4-8. Accessed 6 October 2020

"Officials and supporters of the Wheat Pools of Western Canada" give advice to farmers by radio broadcast[http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/bibliography/5973.html The Canadian Wheat Pools On the Air; A Series of Radio Messages] (1935). Accessed 5 June 2020

Quebec dairy farmer tells Senate committee why he only breaks even and what causes Montreal milk middlemen to lose money[https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_1_1/27?r=0&s=1 "Minutes of Evidence"] (March 21, 1934), Proceedings of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry; Re: Conditions of Agriculture Generally, pgs. 21-4. Accessed 6 October 2020

Toronto chain store, needle trade and other employers pay far below minimum wage while city expends $6.6 million in reliefCanadian Press, [https://islandnewspapers.ca/islandora/object/guardian%3A19340228 "Sweatshop Conditions Pictured"] The Charlottetown Guardian (February 28, 1934), pg. 1. Accessed 5 June 2020

"Preparation of a cavity for an Indian is exactly the same as for anyone else" - Dentist explains cost realities at Mohawk Institute Residential SchoolLetter of F.W. Landymore to Department of Indian Affairs (May 18, 1934), National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation Archives. Accessed 9 September 2021 https://archives.nctr.ca/R00009870 (click on Master file PDF)

Indigenous art (described in past tense as it is "rapidly passing away") can be reinvigorated if promoted to touristsH.E.M. Chisholm, [https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.com_SOC_1705_3_1/205?r=0&s=1 "Native Canadian Arts and Handicrafts and Their Relation to the Tourist Trade"] Proceedings of the [Senate] Special Committee on Tourist Traffic, pgs. 187-90. Accessed 6 October 2020

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