Amber Kuenzig + Meagan Hard 1970’s Decade Amber Kuenzig + Meagan Hard

VIATNAM WAR Vietnam War 1965-1975 We provided medical supplies and weaponry to the U.S We went to South Vietnam from 1950-1975 and put 29 million dollars towards the Canadian Red Cross that was there Canada sold 2.5 billion dollars worth of war material to the U.S 5,600 Vietnamese immigrants were accepted into Canada during 1975 to 1976 Then we accepted 60,000 refugees which were called “boat people” Vietnam War

GOVERMENT Pierre Trudeau from 1968-1978 Born October 18, 1919 Invoked the War measures Act because of the October crisis As he fought inflation in the 1974, he had to change wage and price controls Joe Clark 1979 Born June 5, 1939 Started Petro- Canada

AUTO-PACT Through the 70’s Originally started in the 1965’s It was an agreement that Canada made with the US to trade transportation devices This created about 125,000 jobs in 1978 The agreement helped Canada built a strong relationship with the US that still stands to this day

TRUDEAUMANIA Started in 1968 but continued until 1978 Because Pierre was so liked by both men and women, when he was running for Prime Minister they gave him the nickname Trudeaumania In his election speech Trudeau promised that he would make good change in Canada, just what people in Canada wanted at the time When he was elected prime minister, adults and teens fell in love with him instantly and that’s why his legacy of Trudeaumania started

PREMIER JOEY SMALLWOOD’S PLAN !954 to 1970 Plan to move 30,000 people from the 250 small communities on the Newfoundland and Labrador coast so that the waters couldn’t be accessed by easy modern services Then the government payed people to leave their homes so that fish plants and other factory's could be built their to replace them

OCTOBER CRISIS Started October 5, 1970 It started because James Cross was kidnapped by the Front Liberation du Quebec (FLQ). The FLQ was a terrorist organization I Canada Because of this crisis Pierre Trudeau forced the War Measures Act Then Pierre Laport was kidnapped October 10, 1970 and killed 7 days after (October 17). His death is what lead to the War Measures Act starting again but only in Quebec Known as one of the most serious terrorist attacks on Canadian soil, and also the first terrorist attack and organization on Canadian soil

FLQ Major terrorist group located in Quebec Canada Because of how small the organization was, Canadians weren’t afraid of them They wanted French language to be used more throughout Canada Frances president Charles de Gaulle at the time helped the FLQ grow and become stronger The group started off blowing up mail boxes and started street fights. As they got stronger they build bombs and targeted the Montreal Stock Exchange and wealthy Quebec businesses

JAMES BAY PROJECT Started in 1971 and came in two phases but only the first phase happened in the 70’s Was started to get more electricity to Quebec without the pollution Plan back fired and ended up flooding 11,500km squared of wilderness which was home to the Inuit and Cree population The project continued and in 1975 the Cree population started to protest but lost and ended up surrendering their land for 225 million dollars

VS SUMENT SERIES Happened in 1972 Canada vs USSR Democracy vs Communism How us Canadians dealt with the effects of the cold war Game Play VS

ABORIGINAL LAND CLAMS Happened in 1973 Definition- Claims to land that aboriginal people make because they were the original inhabitants Calder decision stated that aboriginal rights gave them legal clam to the land if no treaty existed. If Canadian people didn’t own the land the aboriginal people were able to take it In 1973 the government assigned the land that aboriginal people could have and they had to obey those laws. The ma shows what land they got after the treaty was no longer valid

OIL CRISIS Frist happened in 1973 because Canada and the U.S relied upon the import of cheep oil The middle east wanted more money for the oil they were selling to us and because of that they started an embargo ( ban on selling products to a certain country) which forced us to pay the money they wanted Because of the embargo the price of oil rose to US$2.50 in the 1972, then US$7 in 1974 7 years later a second oil crisis happened and oil was raised to US$15. At this price Canada wasn't able to operate businesses because it was far too expensive This caused company's to lay off workers and the unemployment rate to get higher

CN TOWER WAS COMPLETED Completed on April 2, 1975 Was ranked 17th place on the Worlds Tallest Free Standing Structure, which started a good reputation June 26, 1969 it was open to the public which brought more tourism to Toronto

DEATH PENALTY GONE June 22, 1976 House of Commons voted for the death penalty to be out of the criminal code Last exaction happened in 1962 710 people were hung since it was made in 1859

MONTREAL HOSTS OLYMPICS July 17,1976 to August 1,1976 First Canadian city to host any Olympics game 73,000 people gathered in the stadium around 3.00pm Women were allowed to compete in basketball, handball, and rowing. 1,260 women competed Canada didn’t win gold metals but won 6 bronze and 5 silver Events that Canada won – high jump, canoeing, equestrian jumping, swimming

CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISION In 1977 the Human Rights Act was changed to better employment rights This allowed the following to work… - women -aboriginal people -people with disabilities They also made it that people couldn’t discriminate in the work force