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 Welcome home soldier! Life in postwar Canada |
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War is over, victory savoured. Now what to do with jobless soldiers streaming home? And how to get women out of the factory and back to the hearth? Such postwar fears evaporated as the economy boomed, a surge of immigrants transformed an increasingly confident nation and the social safety net began to take shape. In what's now viewed as a golden age, modern Canada was born. |
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 Memories of the end of a terrible war. (Radio; runs 11:26) |
 The tricky logistics of winding down a war. (Radio; runs 2:15) |
 A trainload of troops is greeted in Toronto with cheers and kisses. (Radio; runs 14:23) |
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 Veterans are shipping out to university with help from the government. (Radio; runs 5:08) |
 The legendary comedians wrote a radio show to help others make the switch. (Radio; runs 5:49) |
 If they have to work, should they get paid like men? (Radio; runs 6:41) |
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 Desperate for a place to live, ex-soldiers have taken over vacant barracks in Ottawa. (Radio; runs 2:31) |
 Every child in Canada is going to get an allowance from the government. (TV; runs 1:13) |
 Newcomers talk of the fear, joy and despair they experienced while helping multiculturalism take root. (Radio; runs 8:58) |
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 There were fears of a riot this week as fashionable hosiery finally returned to the shelves. (Radio; runs 0:23) |
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