Dominion Notes
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Dominion Notes is a documentary channel about where Canada's financial systems came from the taxes, the banks, the mortgages, the pensions. Each video takes one apart and asks who it was actually built for.
Canada Had No Dominion Dollar Bill Until 1870 — What Did Canadians Actually Carry Before?
Dominion Notes · 11 views · 17 hours ago
Canada Had No Sales Tax Until 1920 — How Was the Government Funded Before That?
Dominion Notes · 164 views · 3 days ago
Canada Had No Bank of Its Own Until 1817 — What Did People Use for Money?
Dominion Notes · 309 views · 5 days ago
Canada Had No SIN Until 1964 — How Did The Government Track You?
Dominion Notes · 22 views · 7 days ago
Canada Had No Contributory Pension Plan Until 1966 - How Did People Retire?
Dominion Notes · 5 views · 8 days ago
Canada Had No Driving Test Until 1927 - Anyone Could Just Drive?
Dominion Notes · 46 views · 10 days ago
Canada Had No Compulsory Car Insurance Until 1946 — Did Anyone Get Paid After A Crash?
Dominion Notes · 73 views · 13 days ago
Canada Had No Health Insurance Until 1947 — How Did People Pay for Health Care?
Dominion Notes · 251 views · 2 weeks ago
Canada Had No Bank Credit Cards Until 1968 — How Did People Buy Now and Pay Later?
Dominion Notes · 135 views · 2 weeks ago
Canada Had No Paper Money Until 1685 — Soldiers Were Paid in Cut-Up Playing Cards
Dominion Notes · 119 views · 3 weeks ago
Canada Had No Old Age Pension Until 1927 — How Did People Retire?
Dominion Notes · 309 views · 3 weeks ago
Canada Had No Federal Income Tax Until 1917 — How Was the Government Funded Before That?
Dominion Notes · 189 views · 4 weeks ago
Canada Had No Central Bank Until 1935 — How Did Its Economy Survive?
Dominion Notes · 1.3K views · 1 month ago