Bennett and Mackenzie King who proposed their solutions to resolve this situation. Many others had their own ideas. In Western Canada, two parties have become a major political force. These were the Social Credit Party in Alberta and the Co-operative Commonwealth Socialist Federation in Saskatchewan. William Aberhart, leader of the Social Credit Party, believed that the cause of the Great Depression was that people did not have enough money to buy goods and services. His solution was to give twenty-five dollars a month to each citizen. Additionally, JS Woodsworth, leader of the socialist Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, believed that capitalism had failed the people during the Great Depression and that the government should take more action than that. His solution was to implement policies such as free medical care, unemployment insurance, and old-age pensions. In Quebec, the Great Depression also added another nationalist vision, since businesses were dominated by English speakers and employees were French. This unemployment problem in Quebec also became a cultural problem and, in 1936, the Depression finally brought the National Union and its leader Maurice Duplessis to power. He blamed the Great Depression on the fact that Quebec industries were owned by English-speaking Americans and Canadians. So when he was elected the 16th premier of Quebec, he took more control over their