CANADIAN MANPOWER POOL
APPROXIMATELY 5,000,000. OTTAWA, June 17. The Hon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, in the House of Commons estimated that about 800,000 l ersons, about one sixth women, are now engaged on war production in Canada, on the construction of defence projects and the provision of essential materials and services Canada’s manpower pool also provided about 500,000 for the Armed Forces. Including agriculture and civilian industries and services the total demand on the manpower pool approximates 5,000000. “That’s a tight manpower situation for a country with a population of less than 12,000,000,’’ Mr Howe commented.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15076, 23 June 1942, Page 4
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