CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

Closing Statements

I also listed below the song of the CCF

A call goes out to Canada

It comes from out the soil—

Come and join the ranks through all the land

To fight for those who toil

Come on farmer, soldier, labourer,

From the mine and factory,

And side by side help swell the tide—

C.C.F. to Victory

This is the kind of propaganda that was used to strengthen the party's popularity

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Leaders of The CCF/NDP

The NDP and CCF have had many leaders in the past for example JS Woodsworth, MJ Coldwell, Tommy Douglas, Jack Layton, and now Thomas Mulcair these guys manage to get their opinion across while giving a little bit of personality. For example when Jack died of Prostate Cancer there was a national out pour of griefIn 2013, on the second anniversary of Layton's death, the ferry docks in Toronto were renamed to be the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal in memory of Layton, while a bronze statue of Layton riding on a tandem bicycle was also installed at the site. While many important people attended this renaming for example his widow Olivia Chow and Thomas Mulcair

Communist or Pacifist

The Great Depression Who is to Blame ?

One problem the CCF faced is that other parties labeled them as communists to strengthen their popularity while decreasing the CCF's popularity as the western world were generally scared of communists and didnt want to have anything to do with them. In fact the CCF was a party that believed in pacifism or non violence and really didn't have an interest in a violent revolution. While these other parties picked on the similarities like taking over transportation, electrical, communications, insurance, medical services so many others feared this was the first step in dismantling capitalism. Which turned out not to be the case

The CCF's main campaign hook was about the great depression and who was a fault and the CCF's opinion was that the rich were to blame for the Great Depression because it was the rich people who owned the banks and major industries and they wanted ordinary people to run these sectors of daily life while the Fascist parties blamed the Great Depression on the poor and wanted to deport immigrants and appoint a strong leader

Logo that sybolized pacifism, non-violence/peace

Who is at fault for the Great Depression ?

CCF's Ideas Implemented into Canadian Government

Even though the CCF has never ran Canada's government. Many of their ideas are implemented in today's Canadian government for example Welfare or Unemployment insurance these ideas were conceived of to help the average person which has also been the reason why the party has existed in the first place. Basically so the average person actually had a voice

CCF Drop In Popularity Leading to Merger

Humble Beginnings

As WWII approached that signified the end of the Great Depression because of all the jobs that were created to supply the army with the necessary ammunition and materials for war so a lot of jobs were created in terms of munitions factories. Then as WWII ended the popularity of the CCF decreased significantly and this lead to the amalgamation of the CCF (Cooperative Commonwealth Fderation) and the CLC (Canadian Labour Congress) to form the NDP (New Democratic Party of Canada)

The CCF was founded in 1932 to help Canadians recover from the Great Depression.The CCF was mainly founded by Farmers and Labour Groups.

The party was mainly governed in Saskatchewan while it begun in Calgary Alberta and in Saskatchewan their first leader was James Shaver Woodsworth.The main goal of the CCF was to help people recover from the great depression with welfare and unemployment insurance

James Shaver Woodsworth

CCF (Co-operative Commonwealth Federation)

As Close as they have ever come

By: Allan Fabrykant

My goal is to help you through the journey of the beginning of the CCF to its amalgamation with the NDP

The CCF has always been a somewhat strong force in the political landscape usually coming third behind the conservatives then the liberals in that order. This past election in 2011 it was the closest the NDP (CCF or CLC) have ever come to winning the election by beating out the liberals but not the conservatives while currently the NDP is ran by Thomas Mulcair

Leader

Thomas Mulcair