VI. The World Wars and the Interwar Period, 1914–1945 > D. North America, 1915–1945 > 2. The Dominion of Canada > 1928
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1928
 
Appointment of Canadian diplomatic representatives to Japan and France, further evidence of Canadian nationhood. Proposal made that a British diplomatic representative to Ottawa be appointed since the governor-general was merely the personal representative of the king.  1
 
1929, April 9
 
Canadian minister in Washington protested the sinking of the Canadian ship I'm Alone in the Gulf of Mexico by a U.S. Coast Guard Prohibition patrol boat. On April 25 it was announced the case would be settled by arbitration.  2
Growing irritation in Canada at the threat of hostile American tariff legislation against Canadian agricultural products.  3
 
Dec. 15
 
Agreement between Dominion government and the governments of Alberta and Manitoba, subject to ratification by Dominion Parliament and provincial legislatures, providing for return of natural resources to the two provinces and for continuation of the annual subsidies previously received by the provinces.  4
The U.S.-based Ku Klux Klan had spread to Canada, with over 125 local chapters in Saskatchawan.  5
 
 
 
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