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The Veterans Charter and Post-World War II Canada

by Peter Neary

  • ISBN: 9780773516786
  • ISBN10: 0773516786

The Veterans Charter and Post-World War II Canada

by Peter Neary

  • List Price: $125.00
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Publisher: McGill Queens Univ Pr
  • Publish date: 02/01/1998
  • ISBN: 9780773516786
  • ISBN10: 0773516786
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Description: 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 the development of the Canadian welfare state and postwar society.

Desmond Morton sets the scene with a survey of the experiences of veterans of the Great War, who found much to fault Ottawa's policies; Jeff Keshen looks at the very different experience of Canada's veterans of World War II. Dean Oliver examines the organization and administration of the return of Canadian soldiers from Europe after VE-Day, and Don Ives examines the philosophy and program of the Veterans Charter. Focusing on specific benefits of the Charter, Michael Stevenson looks at issues surrounding veterans' right to reinstatement civil employment, Peter Neary deals with educational benefits made available through the Veterans Rehabilitation Act of 1945, and Terry Copp and Mary Tremblay examine rehabilitation of veterans with psychiatric and physical disabilities. Taking a broader scope, James Struthers provides an insightful assessment of the construction of the Canadian welfare state and Doug Owram offers a revisionist appraisal of Canadian society the postwar era. J.L. Granatstein concludes the volume with a probing reflection on the meaning for Canadians of the veteran experience.

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