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Income Stability

Income Stability

On Jan. 30, 1947, Governor General Harold Alexander (pictured) delivered a throne speech to set out Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King’s mandate for the third session of Canada’s 20th Parliament.

At the time, demand for products was higher than what Canadian industries could produce, so the government prepared to assist.

“Despite the high volume of output in all the primary industries, the demand for the natural products of the farms, the fisheries, the mines and the forests continued to exceed pro

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