Public Works Construction Act
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The Public Works Construction Act was enacted in 1934 by the Parliament of Canada, provided $40 million in assistance during the Great Depression. [cite web |url=http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=7997 |title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online - BENNETT, RICHARD BEDFORD |publisher=University of Toronto/Université Laval |date=2004 |accessdate=2006-10-12] Public works projects included many construction projects in Canada's national parks and historic sites, such as building the replica Port Royal Habitation in Nova Scotia's Port Royal National Historic Site. [cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/rep-reg/affichage-display_e.aspx?print=true&id=1254 |title=Port Royal Habitation Classified Federal Heritage Building |work=Canadian Register of Historic Places |accessdate=2006-10-12] In Banff National Park, projects included construction of a new registration facility at Banff's east gate, and construction of an administrative building in Banff.[cite book |author=Waiser, Bill |date=1995 |title=Park Prisoners, The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks, 1915-1946 |publisher=Fifth House Publishers] The Act provided continued and expanded funding than what was available in the 1931 Unemployment and Farm Relief Act.]References
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