1. PROHIBITION IN CANADA
CHC 2DI

2. Definition Prohibition
-the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Notice that it doesn’t say CONSUMPTION of alcohol!?!?!?

3. National prohibition came into effect in Canada from 1918-1920 as a wartime measure
Throughout the 1920s, provinces repealed prohibition at their discretion
PEI was the last province to repeal prohibtion in 1948

4. Province/Territory
Repealed
Alberta
1924
British Columbia
1921
Manitoba
New Brunswick
1856
1927
Newfoundland (not part of Canada until 1949)
Nova Scotia
1929
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
1948
Quebec
1919
Saskatchewan
1925
Yukon
1920

5. Reasons for Prohibition
1. Temperance movement wanted to close all drinking establishments, which they viewed as the source of societal ills and misery Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of Canada believed that poverty, crime, disease and domestic abuse would stop in a dry society

6. Reasons for Prohibition
Rationing
-with so much food and products needed for the war effort, the federal government enacted legislation to preserve products for the war
 Instead of things like wheat going toward alcohol, they were now going toward food

7. Reasons for Prohibition
Efficiency
For people still working in Canada in industries that were important to the war effort, such as the munitions industry or the farming industry, efficiency was very important and the effects of alcohol were definitely a hindrance to this efficiency
 Strong workforce = strong military

8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dNw6o17UJI (2 min)