Ccf Colonialism in Northern Saskatchewan: Battling Parish Priests, Bootleggers, and Fur Sharks

by David M. Quiring

Often remembered for its humanitarian platform and its pioneering social programs, Saskatchewan's Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) wrought a much less scrutinized legacy in the northern regions of the province during the twenty years it governed. Until the 1940s churches, fur traders, and other wealthy outsiders held uncontested control over Saskatchewan's northern region. Following its rise to power in 1944, the CCF undertook aggressive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774809396
• ISBN13: 9780774809399
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 376 Pages