 This was the first and last time that national prohibition on the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol would be enacted in Canada.Indigenous peoples in Canada were subject to prohibitory alcohol laws under the "Indian Act" of 1876.This was an attempt on the part of the Canadian government to facilitate assimilation, because for an indigenous person to possess alcohol they had to become a Canadian citizen through enfranchisement and to be eligible for enfranchisement indigenous people had to demonstrate sobriety.