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The previously listed events regarding women's suffrage were only in accordance with White women's suffrage. Slavery in Canada meant that Black persons were legally deemed chattel property and not considered "people", and therefore did not possess the rights and freedoms granted to citizens, such as democratic participation.
In 1960, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's government decided to permit all Status Indians to vote in federal elections. Since 1950, Status Indians had been allowed vote on the condition that they gave up their treaty rights and Indian status, defined in the Indian Act as "enfranchisement", or if they had fought in the First or Second World Wars.
Canada: Canada passed the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968-69, which began to allow abortion for selective reasons. Australia: The ruling in the Victorian case of R v Davidson defined for the first time which abortions were lawful in Australia.
Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960. [2] August 2 – The Vancouver general strike, the first general strike in Canada, triggered by the killing of Ginger Goodwin by police. August 8 – World War I: At the Battle of Amiens superior Canadian gunners assist a great allied breakthrough (also called Canada's 100 Days)
Special constables were hired and laws were passed to immediately deport, without trial, anyone who was not born in Canada that was caught striking. events of this day led to the creation of the "One Big Union". [93] 1920: Canada is admitted as a full member of the League of Nations, independently of Britain. It joins the League Council ...
Timeline . Pre-colonization; 1534–1763; 1764–1867; 1867–1914; ... Events from the year 1954 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown. Monarch – Elizabeth II [1]
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February 17 – Wilfrid Laurier, leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and former prime minister of Canada, dies in office. April 17 – New Brunswick women are permitted to vote. April 10 – The Quebec referendum on the prohibition of alcohol. May 3 – Yukon women are permitted to vote. May 15 – June 25 – Winnipeg General Strike of 1919.