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1939 in Canada

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Events from the year 1939 in Canada.

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Brian Mulroney

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Joe Clark

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With crisis in Europe, MP suggests Canada follow up on Statute of Westminster by declaring neutrality and following America-oriented defence policy<ref>"Mr. Wilfrid Lacroix (Quebec-Montmorency)" Debates of the House of Commons (January 30, 1939), 18th Parliament, 4th Session. Accessed 8 January 2023</ref>

Labour Day finds fighters and nurses enlisting for overseas service and Red Cross rushing its wartime planning<ref>"Holiday Finds Canada Making Ready for War," Sherbrooke (Quebec) Daily Record (September 4, 1939), pg. 3. Accessed 22 June 2020 http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3000671 (turn to pg. 3)</ref>

Editorial says Canada and Commonwealth are "one and indivisible, [and] pledged unwaveringly to the support of the Mother Country"<ref>"The Empire at War" The Charlottetown Guardian (September 4, 1939), pg. 4. Accessed 22 June 2020</ref>

Before declaring war, PM King asks Commons for "authority for effective cooperation by Canada at the side of Britain"<ref>"Governor General's Speech; Address in Reply..." (September 8, 1939), House of Commons Debates, 18th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pg. 30. Accessed 20 June 2020</ref>

MP J.S. Woodsworth interrogates "cooperation," unspoken government policy, and whether Canada is already in war<ref>"Governor General's Speech; Address in Reply..." (September 8, 1939), House of Commons Debates, 18th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 41-3. Accessed 21 June 2020</ref>

"We cannot be at peace while the head of this Empire is at war" - Sen. Arthur Meighen insists Canada enter European conflict<ref>"The Governor General's Speech; Address in Reply" (September 9, 1939), Senate Debates, 18th Parliament, 5th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 8-11. Accessed 20 June 2020</ref>

Canada's declaration of war against German Reich<ref>"Proclamation" The Canada Gazette (September 10, 1939). Accessed 23 June 2020 Also published by Canadian Press</ref>

Editorial says PM King, in choosing home defence over expeditionary force, is not giving "definite leadership"<ref>"Canada Enters the Struggle," Sherbrooke (Quebec) Daily Record (September 11, 1939), pg. 4. Accessed 23 June 2020 http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3000690 (turn to pg. 4)</ref>

Regimen for Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry's transport ship includes lectures, training and organized games<ref>Lieut. Col. W.G. Colquhoun, "Ship's Standing Orders;[...]S.S. Orama" (December 1939). Accessed 23 June 2020 https://archives.ppcli.com/74-1-1-ships-standing-orders (click on document for PDF copy)</ref>

Enlisted man's 1939 surprises: Poland's fall weeks after invasion, and Christmas invitation given on his first day in England<ref>"Veteran Stories: Fernand Trépanier, Army" The Memory Project. Accessed 23 June 2020</ref>

Editorial says "equality of sacrifice," essential to war effort, must include fairness in agricultural costs, prices and margins<ref>"With All Our Resources" The Western Farm Leader, Vol. 4, No. 18 (Calgary, September 15, 1939), pg. 4. Accessed 22 June 2020</ref>

British meals depend on Canada for breakfast porridge and (with other wheat exporters) bread, and cheese, tinned soup, and suet in pudding at tea<ref>"Food; Meals and Where They Come From" British Survey, Vol. 1, No. 15 (November 10, 1939), pg. 58. Accessed 12 September 2022</ref>

MP A.A. Heaps advocates joining other countries in welcoming refugees from persecution<ref>"Governor General's Speech; Continuation of Debate on Address in Reply" (January 30, 1939), House of Commons debates, 18th Parliament, 4th Session: Vol. 1, pgs. 432-6. Accessed 21 June 2020</ref>

Mentioning uranium ore in Canada and German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Einstein urges President Roosevelt to back atomic energy research<ref>Einstein-Szilard Letter (August 2, 1939), Atomic Heritage Foundation. Accessed 20 November 2021</ref>

"Only a mile from home" - Eleven-year-old student Andrew Gordon from Gordon's reserve residential school dies of exposure walking home<ref>"Indian Boy Frozen on Bush Trail" The (Regina) Leader-Post, Vol. XXXI, No. 62 (March 15, 1939). Accessed 23 June 2021</ref>

Supreme Court finds tavern, in absence of specific law, has "freedom of commerce" to not serve Black man<ref>Christie v. The York Corporation, Supreme Court Judgments (1939-12-09). Accessed 20 June 2020</ref>

Law professor comments on Quebec's Padlock Law allowing police to seal premises and arrest occupants deemed "communistic"<ref>John T.[sic] Humphrey, "Homes are Not Castles" (truncated), The Canadian Magazine (March 1939). Accessed 23 June 2020</ref>

Private intelligence agency offers to spy on corporation's workers to detect "plots, plans and unrest"<ref>Letter from General Investigations of Canada Limited (March 29, 1939). Accessed 23 June 2020 https://projects.windsorpubliclibrary.com/digi/sar/part2.htm (scroll down to Solicitation)</ref>

Mao's appreciation of Norman Bethune - "We must all learn the spirit of absolute selflessness from him"<ref>Mao Zedong, "In Memory of Norman Bethune" (December 21, 1939), Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung: Vol. II; The Period of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Accessed 23 June 2020</ref>

Poster: "Time Is Life" depicts Bethune riding a galloping horse<ref>Zhang Xingguo, "Time Is Life" (1975). Accessed 14 July 2021</ref>

King George VI - "It is my earnest hope that my present visit may give my Canadian people a deeper conception of their unity as a nation."<ref>"The King's Speech" (May 19, 1939), Debates of the Senate of the Dominion of Canada 1939; Fourth Session, Eighteenth Parliament, 3 George VI, pg. 400. Accessed 23 May 2021</ref>

Woman records her excitement over 1939 royal tour of George VI and Elizabeth in her diary<ref>Diary of Vera (Collins) Webb (excerpts of May 17 and 26, 1939). Accessed 23 June 2020 https://archivesalberta.org/diary/royal.htm (click on illustrations to read excerpts)</ref>

Film of royal tour's stops in Calgary, Banff, Vancouver and Victoria<ref>British Pathé, "The Royal Tour of Western Canada." Accessed 10 May 2020</ref>

CBC chairman tells House committee move into television will not come soon because of its current technical and financial limitations<ref>Testimony of Leonard Brockington (March 2, 1939), Special Committee on Radio Broadcasting, pgs. 17-19. Accessed 28 October 2020</ref>

Course in interior decoration includes hands-on stitching, glazing, block-printing, weaving, lettering, etc., etc.<ref>"Design; Fourth Year," Behind the Palette; Vancouver School of Art; March - Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-nine (unpaginated). Accessed 23 June 2020 https://ecuad.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/ecuad%3A9024/issue_pages?page=1 (click on image 020)</ref>

Photo: children work on their art projects in Arthur Lismer's children's art classes in Toronto<ref>Ronny Jaques, Children work on art projects (ca. 1939-40), Lismer's Children's Art Classes Toronto, Library and Archives Canada. Accessed 4 July 2021</ref>

Calling "more friendly relations" essential to world progress, bank's advertisement pledges friendship in its service<ref>The Bank of Toronto, "Friendly Relations" The Western Farm Leader, Vol. 4, No. 18 (Calgary, September 15, 1939), pg. 2. Accessed 22 June 2020</ref>

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