Canada at War: M-Day

In Toronto, Canada's wartime housing shortage approached its worst. As the Dominion's traditional moving day (May 1) neared, 1,000 families were on a vain hunt for houses to rent. One man advertised: "Shall I drown my wife and baby or will someone rent us an apartment?" He got 200 calls asking if he had done it, one offering a flat.

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