Second Interim Report on Second Part of Investigation, May, 1924

Second Interim Report on Second Part of Investigation, May, 1924
Author: Canada. Royal Commission on Pensions and Re-establishment
Publisher: Printer to the King
Total Pages: 77
Release: 1924
Genre: Disabled veterans
ISBN:

"The subject matter of the reference concerning the Second Part of such Investigation is as follows: to consider and make suggestions in respect of the procedure by which disabled ex-members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force are enabled to make application for pensions and medical treatment, or submit an appeal in respect of decisions thereon; and to recommend means for ensuring that suitable provision is made for those ex-members of the forces and dependents who are under serious handicaps by reason of war services, in conformity with the recommendations now made, and for whom definite legislative provision has not yet been made. For the above purposes the Commission shall: survey existing re-establishment needs among Canadian ex-service men and dependents; investigate available data in respect of phases of the Parliamentary inquiry as yet incomplete; and obtain information as regards suitable provision for those classes of ex-service men described in Section 7, Chapter 2, of the Committee's report; and investigate the question of canteen funds"--Page 6.

Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867-1966

Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867-1966
Author: George F. Henderson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1967-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1487590008

The subjects inquired into by Canadian federal royal commissions have ranged over such a wide field that the reports and special studies prepared by the 400 commissions since Confederation have become an essential part of any research in Canadian studies. In many cases the special studies which are always prepared by the best experts available stand as the most important works ever to appear on a given subject. For example, the studies used by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937-1940) are still used as required reading in both graduate and undergraduate university courses almost thirty years later. In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnesses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports let Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist four years ago.

Fight Or Pay

Fight Or Pay
Author: Desmond Morton
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780774811088

One Canadian in eight volunteered to fight between 1914 and 1918 and more than half of them were enlisted. Soldiers left their families behind to the tender mercy of a tight-fisted government and the Canadian Patriotic Fund, a national charity dominated by its wealthy donors. In time, the soldiers were remembered as the sacrificial heroes who won Canada a respected place in the world. The women who paid in loneliness and poverty were as easily forgotten as their letters, soaked in blood and Flanders mud. Fight or Pay tells the story of what happened to the soldiers' families and their quiet contributions to a fairer deal for Canadians in peace and war.