The Veterans Charter and Post-World War II Canada

by Peter Neary, Granatstein, J.L. Granatstein

Rehabilitating Canada's soldiers to civilian life following World War II was a massive undertaking. The Veterans Charter, the program devised by the federal government to do this, promised to provide "opportunity with security" and was one of the building blocks of the Canadian welfare state. This collection of essays by some of Canada's leading historians explores the Charter's origins, history, and benefits as well as highlights its role in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773516972
• ISBN13: 9780773516977
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 336 Pages