Collection search - Gordon, Walter - Interview

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Gordon, Walter - Interview

Item number (ISN):

243234

Series title:

The Days Before Yesterday : Struggle for Nationhood

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1972-12-13

Item number (ISN):

243234

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY, THE

Accession:

1996-0018

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1972-12-13

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

photography, Wilf Doucette; interviewer, Cameron Graham

Description:

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Interview conducted for the television series THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD, of Walter Gordon (1906-1987). Walter Gordon was employed as a chartered accountant to investigate the T. Eaton Company during the Price Spreads Commission of Inquiry under H.H. Stevens in 1934. He provides background information on the conditions which led to the inquiry and its findings. Gordon explains how prices were being set by major chain stores, forcing manufacturers to pay low wages. Gordon puts the practice in the context of the worldwide depression, before the economic theory of John Maynard Keynes was well known. Gordon describes R.B. Bennett as a large, imposing man with a paunch and Lester B. Pearson as a capable, engaging and entertaining man who brought a sense of order to the inquiry. Pearson organized the hearings, hired people to work on the inquiry and drafted inquiry reports. Gordon also talks about becoming aware in the 1930s that American investors were getting more control over Canadian companies. He tried to get British investors interested in Canadian companies by the end of the 1930s but investors were discouraged due to the war. Gordon states that he was not involved in partisan politics until he helped Pearson reorganize the Liberal Party in the late 1950s. Gordon became chairman of the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects from 1955 to 1957, to look at foreign investment policies. He felt that the proposals and findings set out in the report finally led to Pearson's election gains in 1962 and election victory in 1963. He comments on the Pipeline Debate and how the Canadian people interpreted it as an emotional and political issue. <40mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY : STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD was broadcast in seven parts on November 4, 11, 18 and 25, 1973 and December 2, 9 and 16, 1973.~2. Transcript available in the Visual and Sound Archives Division for camera rolls 192 to 195.~3. Workprints.

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Vault ISN:

286848

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0018

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286851

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0019

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286855

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0020

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286856

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0021

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286857

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0022

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286858

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9608-0023

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

WRK PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286859

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0024

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286860

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0025

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

286862

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

9608-0026

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MAG TRK

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

~To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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