Plans for post-war Canada

By 1917, Sir George Foster, the Minister of Trade and Commerce, called for a National Business Conference to discuss the potential damage of the First World War to the Canadian economy, and the steps that might be taken to combat that damage.

G.M. Murray, Report of Plans for the National Business Conference (Toronto: Canadian Manufacturers' Association, 1917)

National Business Conference Report.pdf (17.29 MB)

report, 8 pages, 33 cm x 20.6 cm

Ley and Lois Smith War, Memory, and Popular Culture Research Collection - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario

Economy and Trade

First World War