Summary
Work camps had bad condition. Workers went to Ottawa to protest.
_Work Camps and the On-to-Ottawa Trek
_-Work camps located deep in the woods to keep men isolated
-Built roads, cleared lands, dug ditches etc.
-Paid 20 cents a day
-170,000 men
-1935 over a thousand men in the interior of B.C. left their camp caught freight trains to Ottawa to protest
More joined in along the way
-RCMP stopped them in Regina and placed them in a football stadium (only leaders went to Ottawa)
-The leaders were not heard
-In Regina when the RCMP tried to make the men disband they protesters resisted (1 man was killed many injured and 130 were arrested)
-Built roads, cleared lands, dug ditches etc.
-Paid 20 cents a day
-170,000 men
-1935 over a thousand men in the interior of B.C. left their camp caught freight trains to Ottawa to protest
More joined in along the way
-RCMP stopped them in Regina and placed them in a football stadium (only leaders went to Ottawa)
-The leaders were not heard
-In Regina when the RCMP tried to make the men disband they protesters resisted (1 man was killed many injured and 130 were arrested)
_After being called a criminal and thief by the Prime Minister protest leader Slim Evans shouted back
“And you’re a liar, Bennett, and what is more, you’re not fit to run….a great country like Canada”
“And you’re a liar, Bennett, and what is more, you’re not fit to run….a great country like Canada”
_Vancouver Riots, 1937
_-Federal gov’t closed relief camps in Vancouver in 1937
-Prov. Gov’t reduced relief payments
-‘sit-ins’ were held at several buildings to protest until complaints were heard
-1600 protesters occupied the Vancouver Art Gallery
-Police used tear gas on protesters at the post office
-Prov. Gov’t reduced relief payments
-‘sit-ins’ were held at several buildings to protest until complaints were heard
-1600 protesters occupied the Vancouver Art Gallery
-Police used tear gas on protesters at the post office