Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left, Part 3: Falling Apart and Getting Together

Series: Imperfect Union: Canadian Labour and the Left Series

Duration: :53

Year Published: 1991

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: World War II brought tremendous change to Canada. The war solved the country's unemployment problem, turned Canada into a strong industrial power, and created a mass unionist movement. In 1944, McKenzie King responded by passing legislation equivalent to the U.S.'s Wagner Act, providing a labor-relations code and giving full legal status to trade unions. That same year the first social democrat government in North American history came to power in Saskatchewan under Tommy Douglas, who believed this type of government to be the most practical way to carry out the doctrines of Christianity. After initial success, the party's stronghold weakened in the post-war years only to be revived by the formation of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) in 1956. The CCF and CLC joined forces under Douglas and formed the New Democrat Party (DNP) in 1961.

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