Prohibition: The Bane of Canadian Bootleggers
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- We want prohibition now!
- Ban Giggle Water!
- Ossified men aren't nice
- Stop the abuse!
- We can't have The Temperance Movement protesting continually, it's banana oil.
- How do we solve this problem?
- We need a run-around.
- In Canada, the production, distrubutio, sale , or consumption of alcohol is now illegal.
- Make the annoouncment that we, the Canadian Government, have put prohibition laws in place.
- There's no run-around. We're just going to need to give them what they want.
- This is the Temperance Movement, a collection of women and religious groups, in the early 20th century that are pressuring the Canadian Government to ban alcohol.
- Unfortunately, we seem to be having some trouble here. Yesterday, near the speakeasy on the main drag, Joe got pinched by the police on the way to make a rum-run.
- First off, I'd like to update you fellas on the fact that our latest rum-run to the Americans was copacetic.
- From now on, during rum-runs, you'll recieve altered jackets to hide the giggle juice.
- With the pressure from the Temperance Group surmounting on the Government, they knew that somehing needed to be done.
- You're the big cheese, kiddo. You'll always have people after you.
- Realizing that they've run out of options, the government decides to put Prohibition laws in place. By 1917, all provinces, except Quebec, adopted Prohibition.
- What is Domenic Scaroni doing in my territory?
- He makes me want to upchuck. He's a lousy example of what a Canadian mob boss is.
- Ontario, Canada, 1922Rocco Perri, notorious Italian-born Canadian mob boss, is discussing bootlegging strategies with his employees.
- Very few people knew about that rum-running route. Knowing that someone could be sharing private information, is anything but hotsy-totsy.
- By the docks, following the meeting, Rocco speaks to his wife, Bessie Starkman, about Joe being pinched by the police and his suspicions.
- Just have a torpedo always ready. Find out who the rat is and have them bumped off.
- During a walk through town, Perri sees Domenic Scaroni, boss of the Scaroni crime family, walking through the street. These kinds of instances of rivaling mafias protecting territory is one of the reasons why organized crime rates skyrocketed.
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