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He returned to Canada, settled in Montreal and studied law at McGill University eventually joining the law faculty as a professor.
The Great DepressionThe Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in the United States following Black Thursday, the Wall Street panic of October 1929. On October 24, 1929, share prices on Wall Street collapsed catastrophically, setting off a chain of bankruptc greatly disturbed Scott and he and other intellectuals formed the League for Social ReconstructionThe League for Social Reconstruction was a circle of Canadian socialist intellectuals formed in 1931 by academics advocating radical social and economic reforms and political education as a response to the Great Depression. Its leading members were F. to advocate socialist solutions in a Canadian context. Through the LSR, Scott became an influential figure in the Canadian socialist movement and a founding member of the Cooperative Commonwealth FederationTommy Douglas (centre) stands in front of a CCF billboard during an election campaign in Saskatchewan. The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-oper and a contributor to the Regina ManifestoThe Regina Manifesto was the programme of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and was adopted at the first national convention of the CCF hed in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1933. The CCF was a democratic socialist party founded in 1932 by farmers, worker. He went on to serve as national chairman of the CCF from 1942Events January January 1 World War II: The word " United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. January 5 Amy Johnson disappears in flight over River Thames estuary ass until 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with.
During the 1950s, Scott was an active opponent of the DuplessisMaurice Le Noblet Duplessis ( 20 April, 1890 7 September, 1959) served as the Prime Minister of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1936 to 1939 and 1944 to 1959). He was a founder of and leader of the conservative Union Nationale party, and a strong sup regime in Quebec and went to court to fight the Padlock Act .
Scott served as dean of law from 1961 to 1964 and served on the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism. In 1970 he was offered a seat in the Canadian Senate by Pierre Trudeau but declined the appointment.
He won both the 1977 Governor General's Award for non-fiction for his Essays on the Constitution and the 1981 Governor General's Award for poetry for his Collected Poems.
As a poet he wrote "A Villanelle for Our Time", to which Leonard Cohen added music for his album Dear Heather.