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1910 - 1919

1917 - Income Tax

1920 - 1929

1929 - Stock Market Crash
1929 - 1939 - The Great Depression

1930 - 1939

1934 - Bank of Canada

1940 - 1949

1941 - Wage and Price Controls
1941 - Unemployment Insurance Act
1944 - Bretton Woods Agreement
1944 - Family Allowance Program

1950 - 1959

1957 - Advent of Medicare in Canada

1970 - 1979

1973 - The OPEC Oil Crisis
1975 - Anti-Inflation Act

1980 - 1989

1987 - Stock Market Panic
1989 - Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement

1990 - 1999

1991 - GST Introduced
1994 - North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
1994 - Tobacco Taxes Reduced in Response to Smuggling


 

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