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1936 in Canada

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1936 in Canada
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Events from the year 1936 in Canada.

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Saying "I hate war," President Roosevelt seeks foreign and economic policies that will encourage peace[6]

Threatening embargo on Canadian liquor, U.S.A. demands back taxes and customs duties for liquor smuggled during Prohibition[7]

"Taxes are urgently needed" – Alberta's Two Rivers School District board cajoles ratepayers in arrears[8]

Seventy-year-old woman talks to enough of Yukon's 1,805 voters to be elected to House of Commons[9]

"Sterilization is proposed[...]as logical humane procedure to limit the reproduction of the mentally defective."[10]

Vancouver business groups testify that limiting employment of "orientals" on Canadian ships may curtail or cancel service[11]

Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir expresses his deep regret to King Edward VIII on his abdication[12]

"A commission of three cannot[...]execute policies" – House committee calls for corporation to replace Canadian Radio Commission[13]

"We in Canada are sound asleep in flying matters," says Air Vice-Marshall Billy Bishop[14]

Canadian Tuberculosis Association urges more clinics for Indigenous people, who suffer 30% of TB deaths in western Canada[15]

"In terrible shape" – Government official reports cemetery at Dunbow residential school is trampled by cattle and crosses knocked down[16]

Youth organizations ranging from church groups to Young Communist League unite for reform at 1936 Youth Congress[17]

Stephen Leacock's views of travel writing and Port Arthur (Thunder Bay), Ont.[18]

"A Literary Map of Canada" includes insets "Some Books of the St. Lawrence Basin" and "The Land of Evangeline"[19]

Photo: Gabrielle Roy (right) and Élisa Houde in "Les Soeurs Guedonec" at Dominion Drama Festival, Ottawa[20]

Ralph J. Gleason praises Canadian hockey while covering college tournament for Columbia University student newspaper[21]

Setting new record for one-mile event, Canadian race walker wins in New York City[22]

Cover photograph: Menu from Canadian Pacific Railway train[23]

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