The ''Public Works Construction Act'' () was enacted in 1934 by the

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, providing $40 million in assistance during the

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. Its intention was to accelerate recovery to more normal economic conditions, provide employment and thereby reduce expenditures for relief purposes.

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projects included many construction projects in

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and historic sites, such as building the replica Port Royal Habitation in

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's Port Royal National Historic Site. In

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, projects included construction of a new registration facility at Banff's east gate, and construction of an administrative building in Banff. The ''Act'' provided continued funding and expanded on funding that was available in the 1931 '' Unemployment and Farm Relief Act''.

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1934 in Canadian law Canadian federal legislation R.B. Bennett {{Canada-law-stub