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“Even at the depths of the Depression, editors and business leaders insisted that jobs were available if men would only hunt for them.”
― Desmond Morton, A Short History of Canada

“A birth-control pill ended the baby boom early in the 1960s. Maternity, once defended by feminists as the highest role of womanhood, became an interlude that could be avoided at will. Quebec’s birth rate fell from the highest to the lowest in Canada, raising alarm over French-Canadian survival. Newfoundland shared the drop. Traditional barriers to the employment of women, even in mines and construction sites, crumbled. The composition of the Canadian labour force changed from one-quarter female to almost one-half female in a generation.”
― Desmond Morton, A Short History of Canada

“The young profession of social work sold its expertise in detecting fraud and waste.”
― Desmond Morton, A Short History of Canada

“Mulroney used a little-known constitutional procedure to appoint enough senators to overcome Liberal appointees. By 1990, free trade coincided with a harsh new recession. Almost a million Canadians saw their well-paid factory jobs disappear. Mulroney was to blame.”
― Desmond Morton, A Short History of Canada