<P> By 1938 the Social Credit government abandoned its notions about the $25 payouts, but its inability to break with UFA policies led to disillusionment and heavy defections from the party . Aberhart's government was re-elected in the 1940 election, carrying 43% of the vote . The prosperity of the Second World War relieved the economic fears and hatreds that had fuelled farmer unrest . Aberhart died in 1943, and was succeeded as Premier by his student at the Prophetic Bible Institute and lifelong close disciple, Ernest C. Manning (1908--1996). </P> <P> The Social Credit party, now firmly on the right, governed Alberta until 1968 under Manning . </P> <P> The Canadian recovery from the Great Depression proceeded slowly . Economists Pedro Amaral and James MacGee find that the Canadian recovery has important differences with the United States . In the U.S. productivity recovered quickly while the labour force remained depressed throughout the decade . In Canada employment quickly recovered but productivity remained well below trend . Amaral and MacGee suggest that this decline is due to the sustained reduction in international trade during the 1930s . </P> <P> In the midst of the Great Depression, the Crown - in - Council attempted to uplift the people, and created two national corporations: the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC), and the Bank of Canada . The former, established in 1932, was seen as a means to keep the country unified and uplifted in these harsh economic times . Many poor citizens found radio as an escape and used it to restore their own faiths in a brighter future . Broadcasting coast to coast mainly in English, with some French, primarily in Quebec, the CRBC played a vital role in keeping the morale up for Canadians everywhere . The latter was used to regulate currency and credit which had been horribly managed amongst Canadian citizens in the prior years . It was also set up to serve as a private banker's bank and to assist and advise the Canadian government on its own debts and financial matters . The bank played an important role to help steer government spending in the right direction . The bank's effort took place through the tough years of the depression and on to the prosperity that followed into and after the Second World War . </P>

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