Monday, December 30, 2013

Bennett's New Deal

Evaluate the effectiveness of Bennett's proposed New Deal programs in Canada.  Was it possible for Bennett to remain a conservative and propose similar programs to FDR?  How were his programs received by his constituents and how did they effect the election of 1935?

11 comments:

  1. Well there is no way that you can compare Bennett and FDR because they were totally different leaders. Well they had similar ideas but one succeeded and one failed miserably. Bennett was not successful and made his country worse and many people started to riot. This was a sign that people were furious with his decisions and ideas. But even though they were similar to FDR's they could not work the same way in Canada. So this effected the election of 1935 because many people disliked him at this time.

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  2. Bennett decided to propose very similar programs to FDR (that is how we see how
    Canada depended on the US still somehow) but it did not work in Canada since the US and Canada are very different nations. Bennett's "New Deal" promised a more progressive taxation system, a maximum work week, a minimum wage, closer regulation of working conditions, unemployment insurance etc... which was very interesting and good; but even though it is true he tried as I said in my last post (at least at the end of his leadership), he completely failed. Canadiens did not like him at all since he was making worse the nation and unemployment was increasing a lot more. They also did not want to see anymore the inaction of the federal government therefore they did not vote for him.

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  3. Bennet knew that the country needed some sort of relief to be able to fight through the tough times. Also Bennett might have been pressured by critics as being selfish and a rich in personable person. This might have lead him to shell out some sort of relief for the poor. also Bennett saw the poor as people harboring and hiding as communist and socialist. so after surrounding pressure and assurance that the struggling poor would only become more aggressive if aid was not received.

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  4. Bennett and FDR were both two very powerful leaders who ultimately had similar views and tactics. However I agree with Chandler because there is no way that you can compare Bennett and FDR as people because I feel as though FDR had a nice balance between people and politics and Bennett was more people and less politics. Overall I think that Bennett was heavily influenced by FDR because at one point in the reading it says, “ He was, however, influenced by William Keridge, his brother-in-law who, as Ambassador to the USA, was hugely impressed by Roosevelt’s New Deal.”

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  5. Bennett and FDR were similar in some ways but not in others. They were liberals and their plans for their countries were basically the same. As Laura said, They were different nations so their plans were similar but they didn't work the same because of the difference in the countries economies and governments. They had many differences and similarities even though they were ran differently. The programs affected the election in many ways because they made the citizens really think about who they were voting for and the programs made it hard for them to decide who would make a better leader.

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  6. When Bennett saw that FDR proposed the New Deal, he tried to do the same. Both leaders had similar goals and ways to reach those goals, but FDR's was much more successful. In fact, Bennett's attempt actually made things a little worse and people started rioting. The government didn't take any action to help the economy and the people. As a result, when the next election came around, Bennett lost.

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  7. Bennett was originally a person who believed in minimal government interferences. Therefore, his constituents were very surprised by his actions. However, when he realized that the economy would not solve its own problem, he started to offer a completely different solution. He then developed an idea that capitalism could only be saved by direct government intervention. he, then issued the Employment and Social Insurance Act, A Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act in order to restore the fertility of their land after Dustbowl. Plus, he had set up commisions such as Canadian Wheat Marketing Board to regulate the sales of wheat and Dominion Trade and Industry Commision to regulate business activities. However, these actions hit Bennett hard in the 1935 election.

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  8. Bennet and FDR were simliar in some ways, and completleye different and uncomparable in others. It effected the 1935 election because bennet lost, just like the book says "bennet defeated himself through his own tactics" so without what he had previously done, he probably couldve won instead of losing so drastically.

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  9. R.B. Bennett definitely views FDR as his role model. He proposed his Canadian New Deal according to FDR's new deal. He went from limited government intervention to direct government intervention. For example, employment and social security act and national products marketing board are all part of the new deal. Everything seems bright in the future as Bennett launches his New Deal, but he lost in the 1935 election. People mainly compare him with Hoover, they both are blamed for the depression. How I feel about Bennett's losing is that he is just a little bit too late to realize the problem.

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  10. Bennett and FDR had very similar ideas but they were too different leaders in two extremely different countries. Policies that were successful in one would fail miserably in the other, as history shows us. I applaud Bennett for trying; he recognized that the economy wasn't gonna heal itself and so he decided to step in. Unfortunately, his policy of direct government intervention in the economy failed.

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  11. First of all, certainly the reason why that Bennett lost in his election is that his new deal did not work out very well. It didn't decrease the rate of unemployment so people did not like him. I don't know how exactly his New Deal didn't work like FDR's new deal. Maybe in a different country under different circumstances needed a different policy so even the exact policy transform to Canada not necessary would work.

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