
In 1932 the British Empire Economic Conference is held in Ottawa to debate the world financial crisis.
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At the time of the First World War the British Dominion of Canada functioned as a self-governing state within the Empire, only gaining independence in 1931. Newfoundland, on Canada's eastern coast, formed a separate dominion until 1949 when it became a province of Canada.
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Further reading
- Eldridge, C.C., Kith and Kin: Canada, Britain and the United States from the Revolution to the Cold War (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1997)
- Hilmer, N. & Dilks, D., Britain and Canada in the Age of Mackenzie King (London : Canadian High Commission, 1978)
- Mckenzie, F., In the National Interest: Dominions: Support for Britain and the Commonwealth after the Second World War (Routledge, 2006)
- Moyles, R.G and Owram, D., Imperial Dreams and Colonial Realities: British Views of Canada, 1880-1914 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988)
- Muirhead, B., The Development of Postwar Canadian Trade Policy: The Failure of the Anglo-European Option (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Press, 1992)