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Prohibition in Canada in the 1920s

Prohibition in Canada in the 1920s. By Emma Carvish and Valeriya Mordvinova. Overview. “An attempt to forbid by law the selling and drinking of intoxicating beverages” (the Canadian Encyclopaedia) Federal and provincial prohibition Federal – trade between the provinces

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Prohibition in Canada in the 1920s

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  1. Prohibition in Canada in the 1920s By Emma Carvish and Valeriya Mordvinova

  2. Overview • “An attempt to forbid by law the selling and drinking of intoxicating beverages” (the Canadian Encyclopaedia) • Federal and provincial prohibition • Federal – trade between the provinces • Provincial – sale within the province The emptying of liquor barrels

  3. Reasons and Introduction • Alcohol was blamed for everything bad • Temperance movement • To help the war effort • Nova Scotia and PEI were “dry” before WWI • Provinces introduced prohibition during the war • Federal prohibition was introduced in 1918 Seize of alcohol in Saskatchewan

  4. Restrictions • No legal drinking places • Manufacture, sale, possession and consumption of alcohol forbidden (with some exceptions) • Doctors could prescribe alcohol for medical purposes Arrest for alcohol possession

  5. Results • Less drunkenness and related crimes • Less people were absent from work on Monday mornings • Difficult to enforce • Illegal sale of alcohol • Illegal drinking places • Rum-running • Unreal prescriptions Rum-running by sea

  6. Reactions

  7. The End of Prohibition • Federal prohibition ended in 1919 • British Columbia abandoned prohibition first (1921) • PEI was the last (1948)

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