Canada In WWI

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demands for Canadian goods went up in Europe and in
Canada. Increased demand caused inflation on products in Canada to
skyrocket, as prices on most products nearly doubled. The workers wages
went up as well, but they didn't keep up with the inflationary prices.
Workers therefore had to do with less. During this time the government
expenditures on the war were enormous. The war was costing Canadians a
million dollars per day. For a country of only eight million this was an
extremely large burden. In order to raise funds, the government introduced
income tax, and sales tax and luxury tax. They also borrowed money from the
people through Victory Bonds.
When the last shot was fired in World War 1 on November 11, 1918,
Canada had gone though a great economic transformation; the economic
changes the country endured would influence it forever.
After the war, Canadian soldiers came home expecting to be regarded
as heroes. Instead they came home to unemployment, because the ...

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in the economy. During the
war many of them got jobs and most of them retained them throughout the
20's.
Prohibition also played a large roll in Canada's economy, albeit an
illegal one. Canada introduced prohibition in 1917, and in ended in 1919.
More importantly, however, was that prohibition in the USA lasted from 1919
to 1933. Canadians liquor barons set up shop and sold contraband liquor to
other Canadians between 1917 and 1919 and in 1919 they began selling to
Americans. The illegal liquor business was a huge money making industry
for Canadians. The liquor trade however led to organized crime, which is
still a problem in society.
The 20's were a time of partying and having ...

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