The CCF: A Solution To The Great Depression

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well as nationalization of various industrial and financial institutions. In addition to proposing radical new solutions to the problems of the Depression, the CCF also took another step towards reinforcing the tension between working Canadians and the government: one of the Woodsworth’s guiding principles was his belief that the blame for unemployment should be placed squarely on the system, not the individuals who suffered from it. He “explained the Depression in a way that lifted the burden from the jobless and placed it on the government” [5-CBC]. This view stood in direct contrast to the perceived attitude of the establishment; its decision to establish work camps and reluctance to fund relief efforts were seen by many struggling workers as a sign of disdain towards those who were most affected. …show more content…
Bennett had decided a role for the single unemployed. They were to be hidden away to become forgotten men, the forgotten generation” [6-CBC]. Overall, the formation of the CCF was a significant sign of the profound disenchantment of people in the Western provinces, and, in many ways, the natural culmination of the unique stresses placed on Canadian political institutions during the Great Depression. The CCF, however, was far from the only new political movement to emerge in the 1930s. Whereas the socialist co-operative found its strongest support in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, in Alberta, a similar sense of disenchantment with the establishment led instead to the founding of the Social Credit Party in 1935. The ideological founder of the movement, Scottish engineer
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