Archief 82/151 - Economics and Research Branch fonds

1 cm of textual records

Fonds consists of four reports on measures taken to regulate the Canadian workforce during the Second World War. The first report, entitled "The Canadian Labour Priority System During World War II", gives a history of the National Selective Service's (NSS) Labour Priority Schedule, from an administrative perspective. The emphasis is on the progression of laws which enforced the Schedule. The second report, entitled "Key Developments Concerning Manpower, 1939-46", includes timelines of civilian mobilization, military mobilization, and wage control and labour relations, as laws in each of these areas progressed during the war. The third report, "Canadian Government Training Program During World War II", is a history of the War Emergency Training Program, which equipped military and civilian personnel with essential work skills during the war. The final report is entitled "Allocation of Manpower in Canada During World War Two" and is a history of the War's effects on the Canadian labour force, both before and after the creation of the NSS in 1942. It makes a case for the importance and the humanity of wartime mobilization programs.