Canada became more independent during the interwar period. As you can see from all of the events that happened between 1919-1936 it is clear that Canada gained independence during this war period. The first couple of events that happened during this war were the Paris Peace Conference, League of Nations, and the Chanak Crisis. These events helped in the making of gaining more independence for Canada. The Paris peace conference, League of Nations, and the Chanak Crisis helped on a political level for the war. The Chanak Crisis was the first time that Canada had blatantly refused sending troops to help Britain when Canada was not being affected itself. The Balfour Report and statue of Westminster prove that Canada gained independence because it granted autonomy to Canada and permitted Canada to make their own policies. These events helped Canada gain more independence in a Political way. Socially Canada was beginning to develop a strong Canadian Identity. Hockey Night in Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Group of Seven helped establish the social and cultural identity that Canada has today. Canada used to rely completely on Britain, eventually Canada distanced itself from Britain politically and in that being ended up distancing itself Economically as well. Many think that Canada’s move from being completely reliant on Britain to being completely reliant on the United States was a safe and simple move. The reason they became dependent on the United Sates had to do with the fact that they were in a massive debt due to Britain. Some economic events that contributed to the war are the Halibut treaty, and the investment in Canada. Another event that helped with the economic portion of the interwar period is the Branch Plants. In the end Canada gained independence from the interwar period because they were originally dependent on Britain but after this period they were self-abundant and no longer relied on Britain.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The government did not listen to what the strikers had to say such as, higher wages, and 8 hour work shifts. The government supported the employers and the CCOT and opposed the strikers; the government was not interested in reaching a settlement but defeating the strikers. Firing police officers for refusing to sign the contract to join a union was not reasonable and not fair. Only because they are police officers, they should have the same rights as the other ordinary workers and should be allowed to join a union if they wished. Deporting foreign born leaders and being accused of insurrection was not justified because that is an act of discrimination and there was no evidence that they were encouraging revolution. The foreign born leaders just wanted the right to collective bargaining. The criminal code’s definition of revolution was broadened because the government was attempting to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders to defeat the strikers. There was no real evidence that the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection, or revolution for the Royal North-West Mounted Police to arrest them and it was not reasonable. On “Bloody Saturday” the North-West Mounted Police are the ones who made the parade violent by charging at the crowd and were firing at the unarmed crowd. The police in this case were the aggressors and did not follow their own rules by saying they did not want any violence. The government was abusing its power by a series of raids across the country on many homes of know agitators and offices of radical organizations. The government was attempting to limit and restrict its opponents. Foreign leaders were very discriminated against by the government and when they got arrested they did not get a jury trial, when Anglo-Saxon union leaders got arrested they were able to have a jury trial. Another way the foreign leaders were discriminated was when they got arrested during “Bloody Saturday” they got deported. The federal government introduced section 97 of the criminal code which identified an association and used it to prosecute members of the communist Party, radicals and union leaders. This was not justified because the government is once again abusing its power to destroy opposition from left wing parties or groups and unions; therefore, the actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General strike were not justified. The governments main goal when the General strike happened was on defeating the strikers, since they did not care on what the people were asking such as improved working conditions, higher pay and a normal eight hour work day. The people were asking for this because inflation made it almost impossible for some families to pay for rent and basic needs like food. Even though people tried various ways to tell the government what they wanted, it was clear that the government did not want to listen. The minister of justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson met with citizens committee of one thousand but not the strike committee. Police officers were fired by the Winnipeg mayor because they refused to sign a contract to prevent them from joining a union. This was unfair to the police officers because should be able to have the same rights as other workers and be allowed to join a union. Even though the war was over their was still discrimination to immigrants from foreign countries especially ones from Germany for example. The Federal government amended the immigration act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection. Criminal code was the attempt of the government to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders and to the defeat the strikers. The government tried different ways to get rid of the strikers, the RNWMP was used to arrest leaders of unions even if there was no evidence the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection (violence) or revolution just like the Russians in 1917 by a party called Bolsheviks. On "Bloody Saturday" protesters attacked a train and set it on fire and foreigners were arrested and deported. The Federal government determined, conducted a series of raids across the country on home of agitators and offices of organizations, the government was abusing its power!
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The ultimate reason as to why it was unjustifiable is that what the government cared about was doing whatever it could to defeat the strikers, instead of thinking about the ways to solve the problems which caused the strike such as few jobs, low wages, and bad working conditions. First of all, the government made a decision to support the employers and Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand and oppose the strikers. Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Roberson met with CCOT but not the strike committee, which obviously stated the government’s basic standpoint that they supported the employers. Generally, the government should represent the behalf of majority people. But this time the government chose the side of employers and was not interested in reaching a settlement but defeating the strikers who represented the most people’s behalf. The government also broadened the Criminal Code’s definition of revolution. It was showed that the government was attempting to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders even by amending the clause. What’s more, federal government conducted a series of raid across the country on a series of homes of know agitators and offices of radical organizations. The government was abusing its power to destroy opposition from the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. The second reason for it was not justifiable is that although the government claimed that they feared a revolution and violence would brought by the strikers, the government used violence to suppress the strike. On “Bloody Saturday”, the police charged the protesters and fired on an unarmed crowd. They were the ones who induced the violence of the strikes, and it was absurd that the aggressors asserted that they always put avoiding violence in the first place. The third reason why the actions of the government were not justified is that it was severe the discrimination against immigrants. Federal government amended the Immigration Act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection. The government used the potential revolution as an excuse to deport the foreign leaders so that they could maintain their power and behalf. However, the truth is that there was no evidence that the foreign leader were communist and were encouraging revolution but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. Because of the foreign born leaders’ ethnic background, they were discriminated and faced deportation hearings before the Immigration Board of Inquiry. Whereas the Anglo-Saxon union leaders arrested were given jury trials. Finally, all the decisions the government made is for defeating the strikers, but what they did not only exploded the conflict between the workers and government, but also did the political power of government fluctuate.
Canada became more independent during the interwar period. my reasoning behind this are the events that happened prior to world war I. the first event was the Paris Peace Conference where Prime Minister Robert Borden fought for Canada's independence from Britain and gained membership into the league of nations. In 1922 the British wanted to invade and attack turkey, they asked for canadas assistance in sending troops to war. Makenzie King Prime Minister at the time left the decision into parliaments hands which by the time a decision was made the war was already over. in 1923 Canada and the U.S signed a a fishing treaty, the treaty involved Alaska and British Columbia would share the salmon along the coasts. The Balfour report and the statue of westminister was also a prime example on how canada gained independence, these events granted canada autonomy and gave them the right to make their own foreign policy. The Group of Seven, the canadian broadcasting corporation and radio are among the social aspects that made canada a more independent country. in the 1920's canada and the us began to trade companies calling it Branch Plants. Overall i believe that canada became strongly independent and did not have to rely on Britain as they had to in the past.
The Provincial Vote was the most significant event for the development of women’s rights during the interwar period. Manitoba was the centre of the success in women’s right to vote movement. At the time the Conservative party were in power, they opposed the women’s right to vote. The Manitoba Liberals endorsed suffrage and made it a significant part of their campaign platform. Nellie McClung played a very important role in this movement as a womens rights activist. The conservative party became involved in a scandal. The Liberal party were able to take power with a commanding majority with T.C. Norris as their leader. The Liberals made it their job to pass the suffrage bill which would give women a right to vote. On January 28th 1916 Manitoba became the first province in Canada to grant full political privileges to women. On April 5th 1917 the women of British Columbia achieved political equality through a bill, presented by the Liberal government. The governments of Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Ontario (ON) and Saskatchewan (SK) were friendlier to the suffrage cause. After this, friendliness was also shown in New Brunswick (NB), Prince Edward Island (PEI), Quebec (QC) and Newfoundland (NL). The Provincial Vote was the first step to a Women’s right to vote. This event was the most significant and would lead to the other events following, like a game of falling dominoes. Due to the success of Womens right to vote provincially, it meant that other suffrage events became more successful. For example The Person’s Case was successful as the Judicial Committee realised that times had changed with women being given the right to vote and therefore women should now be included as “persons”. The Provincial Vote was the beginning and most significant change that would be made to the womens suffrage movement.
The most significant consequence of the Great Depression was the Export of resources decrease. Back in the days, Canada was one of the countries who relied and was heavily dependent on resources. During the interwar period, due to the Great Depression, Canada had to lose around 80% of their production and had them be exported to foreign nations. Canada’s resource-based industries were very hard hit by shrinking markets and decrease in prices. In the year of 1920’s to 1930’s, governments around the world experienced a big impact on their manufacturers and businesses. They put up high tariffs to protect them, but this action only created a weaker demand, making the Depression worse. Over the 5 years, Canadian exports shrank by 50% and had a big loss in their earnings. The regions and communities in Canada that were dependent on primary industries such as farming and mining were affected greatest and they had to suffer. Commodity prices were plummeting around the world, which their farming, mining and logging systems had to be disturbed. The Prairie Provinces of Canada experienced the greatest decrease in their income between 1928 and 1933. These provinces were places where mining and logging were a mainstay and went through a collapse in their wheat economy. The country was also greatly affected by the collapse of world trade. The four western Prairie Provinces that were completely dependent on wheat were not able to earn money, which led them to be not able to cover up their production costs. Eventually their net farm income dropped and had a big influence on life of the farmers. Canadian economy had lost most of their primary sources, such as wheat, wood, and minerals due to the Great Depression. Overall, the country had no earnings at this point and led the country to the loss of their resources. Because of these reasons, the export of the resources decrease could be seen as the most significant consequence of the Great Depression.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg general strike were not justified. The minister of Justice Meighen and minister of Labour Robertson meet with citizens committee of one thousand but not the strike committee would be not justified, because the government supported the employers and CCOT that mean that they weren’t committee to the settlement but defeating the strikers. The Winnipeg mayor fired police officers for refusing to sign contract to prevent them from joining unions is justified the police is an essential to keep law in order, if the police had the same rights as other workers they would be allowed to strike and that would not be very good because it would be unsafe for people. And police is an a essential and cannot be allowed to strike. The federal government amended the immigration act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection is not justified there was no way of seeing they foreign leaders because they were encouraging to revolution but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. The RNWMO arrest union leaders was justified because the government general strike he would feared it would lead to money issues and that can lead to union. Bloody Saturday was not justified after striker returned back to work after protesting for 43 days the police was aggressors and fired on an unarmed crowed for going back to work after 43 long days. The federal government conducts a series of raids across the country was not justified because the government was abusing the power, of the radical organizations. The British Anglo-Saxons leader arrested were given jury trials while foreign born leaders Canadian born leaders had the right to a trial but that foreign born leaders did not. Foreigners arrested during bloody Saturday was deported those who participated in the violated the ban on meeting was the lost of their right to remain in Canada.
Actions taken by the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The government in fear of a revolution, made rushed decisions and took immediate action, due to workers striking for improved working conditions, higher wages, and an eight-hour work day. However, the majority of these drastic actions were not justified. First off, the Minister of Justice Meighan and Minister of Labour Robertson only met with the Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand, completely ignoring the strike committee. As the government, they should have taken a neutral standpoint in the whole of this, but instead they sided with the employers. The government wanting to bring an end to the strikes quickly were unwilling to negotiate a settlement with strikers. Even the Mayor of Winnipeg went to such extremes as to firing police officers and replacing them for wanting to join unions. The actions of the government also had a huge effect on immigrants. They amended the Immigration Act, to gain the power to deport foreign leaders accused of insurrection. However, there was no evidence that foreign leaders were encouraging revolution, but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police were sent out to arrest union leaders, without any evidence that strike leaders were encouraging insurrection or revolution. Anglo-Saxon union leaders arrested were given jury trials, while foreign leaders faced deportation hearings before the Immigration Board of Inquiry. During the First World War, immigrants already faced a lot of discrimination, this action by the government only added to that. On “Bloody Saturday”, police charged into the protesters and fired at the crowd of unarmed citizens, in an attempt to display dominance. The police were the ones who brought violence into this peaceful strike, firing into the crowd was completely unnecessary. Another act of discrimination that immigrants faced was foreigners arrested during “Bloody Saturday” were deported. The government also abused its power, conducting a series of raids across the country of suspected homes of agitators and offices of radical organizations. Abusing their power furthermore to destroy opposition parties and unions, the government introduced Section 97 of the Criminal Code, using it to persecute members of the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. The Winnipeg General Strike was a time in Canadian history where the government was more concerned with staying in power than the basic needs of its citizens.
The most significant effect of the depression during the interwar period was the high unemployment rate around the country. Canadian citizens lost their jobs or saw their wages drop significant, factories closed, bankruptcies and production cutbacks. Unemployment rates rose all the way to 27% in some parts of the country. All of Canada's resource industries had had a large impact due to the shrinking markets domestically and internationally which cause a dramatic drop in prices. The unemployed had a huge impact as well because they could not afford their everyday needs, resulting in lots of people losing their homes and unable to support families, not giving proper meals. business owners saw profits go down which is why many company's laid off thousands of Canadian citizens. the company's could not afford to pay all the workers, so they had to reduce their wages. the shrinking market for Canadian exports would result in many people loosing their jobs . the natural disasters in the prairies had labourers working for farmers to become unemployed. since the government did not want citizens looking for jobs in Canada the immigration rate went down due to the unemployment rate. many immigrants sis not see the point in coming to Canada especially if there is close to no jobs to look for. The amount of people unemployed and that were effected was the most significant consequence.
Was Canada more or less independent during the interwar period ?
Canada became more independent during the interwar period. The events during the interwar period from 1919 to 1936 helped Canada significantly in gaining its independence. The first events were the Paris Peace Conference and gaining a seat in the League of Nations. Canada’s prime minister at the time Robert Borden fought for Canada to have its own seat and signature in the peace conference. The seat in the League of Nations was also fought for by Borden in order for Canada to gain further independence from Britain. Furthermore, the next 2 events that helped gained independence were the 1922 Chanak Crisis and the 1923 Halibut Treaty. In the Chanak Crisis, the British Government asked Canada to send troops to help defend her port of Chanak against Turkish forces. Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King stated that it would take Canadian parliament to decide whether Canada would send troops or not, Britain could not assume that Canada would automatically answer her call. This was the opposite of the event of world war 1 where Canada was forced to go to war immediately because of their ties with Britain. The Halibut Treaty was a treaty signed with the U.S. and Canada regulating the Halibut fishery in the Northern Pacific. This was the first treaty signed by Canada not in the presence of a British official and set a precedent that was later followed by other dominions in international agreements. This also helped Canada gain independence from Britain and remove their ties. This helped not only Canada, but other British dominions became seen as equal in status to Britain itself. Now that Canada had made many great strides away from Britain politically, they could develop their own social identity by introducing things such as Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Group of Seven. These things all contributed to the cultural identity Canada has to this day. In terms of economy, Canada used to be reliant on Britain however due to the political changes they did , they no longer had to rely on Britain and instead relied on the United States. Some saw this as just relying on a different country but Canada had no choice but to rely on the United States because they were in massive debt because of the War they were tied to with Britain, additionally at the time the United States was the world’s economic leader. Furthermore the United States was in no way in control of Canada politically so it would be much easier for Canada to gain economic independence from them. In Conclusion Canada became more economically, socially and politically independent during the interwar period by separating the political and social ties they had with Britain.
Canada bacome more independent during the inter period. Some events between 1919 to 1939, Canadda experienced gaining more independent with economic, social and political advances. The first several events that happend during First World War were the Paris Peace Congerence and the Chanak Crisis. Canada's Prime Minister Robert Borden fought for Canada's independence from Britain and gained to have its own seat at the league of nations. Also Canada gained their own seat and signature at the Paris Peace Conference. In 1923 Canada signed the Halibut Treat between U.S which controlled the halibut fisher in the Northern Pacific. Canada is autonomous in the Britich Commonwealth of Nations by the Statute of Westminster in 1931. The Dominion of Canada is independent from its colonial powers and this recognized the Balfour Report formally in British law. Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to send Canadian tropps to Chanak, new independence of action within the British Empir and Commonwealth. WW1 had strongly influenced major Canadian foreign political. The Gropup of Seven, the Canadian broadcasting sorporattion and radio affected the socail that made Canada more independent country. The events tell us Canada had gained their own independence from Britain and becoming more independent politically, economical and socially.
In my opinion, the most significant impact on the Canada’s depression after the war was because the resource-based industries were hit. Canadian economy was hugely dependent on export of primary sources such as wheat, wood, minerals, and etc. About 80% of productions of primary sources were exported to US, the largest trading partner of Canada. However, as US started to lay high tariffs on foreign goods to protect its own domestic market and the business, the prices of the foreign goods became more expensive. Followed by US, the governments around the world, including Canada’s, also put up high tariffs to protect their own goods. The impact was great; the introduction of high tariffs caused slowdown in the world trade, and Canadian exports decreased to 50% from 1929 to 1933. Canada suffered greatly including the regions and the communities that depended mostly on primary sources. Every single one of markets and business related to primary sources such as mining and farming collapsed and economy was highly hit. Few provinces located in praire and dominated in farming couldn't earn money, so they couldn't cover up their production cost. The net farm income fell from 417 million dollars in 1929 to 109 million dollars in 1933. This caused fewer jobs for people to work; therefore, resulting in the loss of jobs. All this has impactedTherefore, the most significant effect on the Canada’s depression was the collapse of resource-based industries.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable. The Minister of Labour Robertson as well as the Minister of Justice Meighen only met with the Committee of One Thousand and not with the strike committee. The government only supported the Citizens Committee of One Thousand and the employers but they did not support the strikers. Instead the government was more interested in defeating the strikers then to come to a settlement. The Winnipeg Mayor fired police officers because they had refused to sign the contract to prevent them from joining the workers unions. This had been a justifiable act because the police are an essential service that keep law and order and without them crime rates would escalate dramatically causing no law and order, therefore they can not be allowed to strike. On June 21, the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the city’s special forces charged the protesters as they fired shots at an unarmed crowd. The Royal North-West Mounted Police had no right to shoot at an unarmed crowd without an lawful reason. In this situation the police were the aggressors. This event later became known as Bloody Saturday. The Criminal Code's definition of revolution was then broadened. This was wrong because the government were attempting to make it easier to have the strike leaders arrested and to defeat the strikers.The Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) arrested union leaders but there was had been no evidence that the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection or revolution. The Anglo-Saxon union leaders that were arrested were given jury trials, while the foreign born leaders were forced to a deportation hearing in front of The Immigration Board of Inquiry. The foreign born leaders were discriminated against because of ethnic background. The foreigners that had been arrested on Bloody Saturday were later deported out of the country. The Federal government introduced section 97 of the Criminal Code which identified an unlawful association which they had used to prosecute the members of the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. These were some of the results of the government abusing their power to destroy their opposition. The government’s actions were not justifiable during and after the war because all that the government cared about was doing whatever it could to defeat the strikers. The government didn’t think about ways to solve the problems which had caused the strike like fewer jobs, lower wages and bad working conditions and the government had chosen the side of the employers and the Citizens Committee of One Thousand. They also used all of these things to suggest that the protesters were a threat to the government when all what the strikers wanted was fairer wages, more jobs and better working conditions, therefore the actions that the government had taken during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable.
The most significant effect of the depression during the Interwar period was the unemployment through the nation. As the depression went on, many factories and businesses had to close their doors due to bankruptcies and production cutbacks, causing high unemployment and reduced wages. Unemployment had reached a high of 27% during the depression in 1933. All major labour jobs in Canada were receiving negative effects from the depression and every trade saw their rates of wages dropping. The unemployment was very hard for company owners, due to decline of corporate profits which had a big part in causing unemployment during the depression. They were also unable to afford and pay the amount of workers they were able to prior to the depression. Lastly the workers who still had their jobs had to be paid lower rates because of how unemployed the companies were. It was also difficult for the workers because some were evicted from their homes due to not being able to pay for rent and some were even unable to feed their families as they were not being paid enough. Unemployment brought many consequences making life hard for many Canadians during the Interwar period; therefore, it was the most significant effect during the depression.
It was difficult times for people after WW1. People were struggling to meet their basic needs, and of course, there were the soldiers returning from war adding to the workforce. Also, there was a huge rise in inflation meaning that everybody was hungry and frustrated. The people wanted their government to listen and create change to meet their basic needs. Attempts at forming unions were made so they could better communicate and get better working conditions and pay. Meanwhile, the government feared that the Canadian citizens would follow union leaders and would copy the revolution that took place in Russia. So, instead of listening to and providing for the peoples, they served themselves out of fear and in greed of controlling a climate which they wanted to maintain. The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. Initially, the Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson met with the Citizen’s Committee but did not meet with the strike committee and the conversation didn’t represent everyone and was also one sided. The business people grew richer and the government protected them and themselves. They continuously used their power and tried to stop meetings about strikes and unions from meeting and took some very drastic measures including changing laws and the Criminal Code. They changed the Immigration Act so they could send leaders back to where they were born if their thinking didn’t match up. The RNWMP were ordered to arrest the union leaders. The government did that because they were worried that rebellion could result in instability of the government; it was all about power. There were a series of raids on agitator’s homes and offices of the radical organizations from the federal government. This government continuously abused its power and can be described as corrupt. The event of Bloody Saturday was extreme. The mayor had placed a ban on demonstrations and meetings fearing that the citizens would gain more power. The protesters did in fact meet, and many died. The police really caused it to get out of control by acting very aggressively and firing on the unarmed group of people. A train was flipped and set on fire. Desperate times call for desperate measures and these were desperate unemployed hungry people. They needed to have their needs listened to and they needed their basic needs met. There were many events that raised the tension among the desperate people in Winnipeg who were just trying to organize labour relations and meet their basic needs. The government was being irresponsible and corrupt and took drastic measures trying to control the citizens.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable because the Labor movement was a development of a organization of working people, who campaigned for better working conditions, wages, and treatment for their employers and governments. The government was also afraid that the same violence that happened in Russia would happen in Canada so they used fermenting to scare off the trade unions. Police officers lost their jobs because they sympathized with the strikes. Due to many born foreign born union leaders the government changed the criminal code s that they would be arrested and deported without a trial. I disagree with the way the governments performance was towards the Winnipeg General Strike. The 2 main issues were how the government discriminated all the immigrants as an enemy due to their ethnic background, and also how he abused his powers as a Governor to keep the country under control.The Government discriminated immigrants because when the leaders of the British Union were arrested they were given jury trials unlike the immigrants. As the British were given a jury trial as the foreigners who were born leader were faced with deportation Board of inquiry. Due to the discrimination of their ethnic background many foreign born leaders protested for their right and freedoms, that lead into many foreigners being arrested which was discriminatory. The federal government used his power to conduct a series of raids that went across the country. The government abused his power by attempting to limit and restrict his opponents by using a series of raids to affect many homes of known agitators and offices of radical organizations due to the fear of being overthrown. The government introduced Section97 from the criminal code that identified unlawful associations and used it to prosecute members from the communist party, including radicals and union leaders. The Minister of justice and Minister of Lab-our met up with the citizens committee of One Thousand but opposed the strikes. the government supported the employers of CCOT but was not interested in the strikers or reaching a settlement with them, which lead to the defeat of the strikers. The end result in the labor movement was that the government defeated the strikers and they were sent back to work after 43day protest. In the end only one protester died and 30 wounded/injured. This became a known event called "Bloody Saturday".
What was the Labor Movement? The Labor movement was a development of a organization of working people, who campaigned for better working conditions, wages, and treatment for their employers and governments. What was the role of the Government played on? The government was afraid that the same violence that happened in Russia would happen in Canada so they used fermenting to scare off the trade unions. Police officers lost their jobs because they sympathized with the strikes. Due to many born foreign born union leaders the government changed the criminal code s that they would be arrested and deported without a trial.
The actions of the Government before and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. When Canada’s workers begun to form trade unions, all they demanded were higher pay, better working conditions and an eight-hour workday. Overthrowing government and Revolution was not in that list, and yet that is how Government took their demands. The Government feared being taken as weak, which influenced many of their poor decisions. The Government’s job is to make the people of their Country’s lives easier and safer, yet they did the complete opposite. The Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson refused to meet and discuss with the Strike Committee, but were undeniably willing to meet with Citizens Committee of One Thousand who they supported and showed favoritism towards. This proves that the Government did not want a friendly settlement, but a victory. They were willing to disbanding their own people. Winnipeg’s Mayor fired a whole force of Police Officers for their refusal to sign a contract to prevent them from joining union. Anything that may get in the way had to be gotten rid of. The Government went as far as to amend the Immigration Act so that they were able to arrest and deport any foreign born Strike Leaders without reason, which is considered major discrimination and Guilty by Association. Any attempt to arrest Strike Leaders was broadened, even though Strike Leaders had a set list of demands and no means for Revolution. All these people wanted was to live a healthy and affordable life, was this too much to ask for? It was to Government. This led to Bloody Saturday, a day that got innocents arrested and turned men into murderers. Both the Strikers and Police were at fault, forgetting their morals completely, leaving only the thought of success in their minds. The people of Canada wanted what they disserved after all the hard years of war, and the Government was abusing its power to the fullest. The Anglo-Saxon Strikers were treated with more leisure than the Foreign Strikers, when each Canadian should be treated equally. Anglo-Saxons may face jury trials, where as Immigrants faced deportation. Violence was the last thing they wanted, and yet it’s what all this led to. We expect the Government to look after us and make the big decisions which effect how we live, and yet when we needed them most they abandoned us.
Canada became more independent during the interwar period. As you can see from all of the events that happened between 1919-1936 it is clear that Canada gained independence during this war period. The first couple of events that happened during this war were the Paris Peace Conference, League of Nations, and the Chanak Crisis. These events helped in the making of gaining more independence for Canada. The Paris peace conference, League of Nations, and the Chanak Crisis helped on a political level for the war. The Chanak Crisis was the first time that Canada had blatantly refused sending troops to help Britain when Canada was not being affected itself. The Balfour Report and statue of Westminster prove that Canada gained independence because it granted autonomy to Canada and permitted Canada to make their own policies. These events helped Canada gain more independence in a Political way. Socially Canada was beginning to develop a strong Canadian Identity. Hockey Night in Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the Group of Seven helped establish the social and cultural identity that Canada has today. Canada used to rely completely on Britain, eventually Canada distanced itself from Britain politically and in that being ended up distancing itself Economically as well. Many think that Canada’s move from being completely reliant on Britain to being completely reliant on the United States was a safe and simple move. The reason they became dependent on the United Sates had to do with the fact that they were in a massive debt due to Britain. Some economic events that contributed to the war are the Halibut treaty, and the investment in Canada. Another event that helped with the economic portion of the interwar period is the Branch Plants. In the end Canada gained independence from the interwar period because they were originally dependent on Britain but after this period they were self-abundant and no longer relied on Britain.
ReplyDeleteKaitlyn Raposo
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The government did not listen to what the strikers had to say such as, higher wages, and 8 hour work shifts. The government supported the employers and the CCOT and opposed the strikers; the government was not interested in reaching a settlement but defeating the strikers. Firing police officers for refusing to sign the contract to join a union was not reasonable and not fair. Only because they are police officers, they should have the same rights as the other ordinary workers and should be allowed to join a union if they wished. Deporting foreign born leaders and being accused of insurrection was not justified because that is an act of discrimination and there was no evidence that they were encouraging revolution. The foreign born leaders just wanted the right to collective bargaining. The criminal code’s definition of revolution was broadened because the government was attempting to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders to defeat the strikers. There was no real evidence that the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection, or revolution for the Royal North-West Mounted Police to arrest them and it was not reasonable. On “Bloody Saturday” the North-West Mounted Police are the ones who made the parade violent by charging at the crowd and were firing at the unarmed crowd. The police in this case were the aggressors and did not follow their own rules by saying they did not want any violence. The government was abusing its power by a series of raids across the country on many homes of know agitators and offices of radical organizations. The government was attempting to limit and restrict its opponents. Foreign leaders were very discriminated against by the government and when they got arrested they did not get a jury trial, when Anglo-Saxon union leaders got arrested they were able to have a jury trial. Another way the foreign leaders were discriminated was when they got arrested during “Bloody Saturday” they got deported. The federal government introduced section 97 of the criminal code which identified an association and used it to prosecute members of the communist Party, radicals and union leaders. This was not justified because the government is once again abusing its power to destroy opposition from left wing parties or groups and unions; therefore, the actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified.
ReplyDeleteFanoula Petrou
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General strike were not justified. The governments main goal when the General strike happened was on defeating the strikers, since they did not care on what the people were asking such as improved working conditions, higher pay and a normal eight hour work day. The people were asking for this because inflation made it almost impossible for some families to pay for rent and basic needs like food. Even though people tried various ways to tell the government what they wanted, it was clear that the government did not want to listen. The minister of justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson met with citizens committee of one thousand but not the strike committee. Police officers were fired by the Winnipeg mayor because they refused to sign a contract to prevent them from joining a union. This was unfair to the police officers because should be able to have the same rights as other workers and be allowed to join a union. Even though the war was over their was still discrimination to immigrants from foreign countries especially ones from Germany for example. The Federal government amended the immigration act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection. Criminal code was the attempt of the government to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders and to the defeat the strikers. The government tried different ways to get rid of the strikers, the RNWMP was used to arrest leaders of unions even if there was no evidence the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection (violence) or revolution just like the Russians in 1917 by a party called Bolsheviks. On "Bloody Saturday" protesters attacked a train and set it on fire and foreigners were arrested and deported. The Federal government determined, conducted a series of raids across the country on home of agitators and offices of organizations, the government was abusing its power!
ReplyDeleteThe actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The ultimate reason as to why it was unjustifiable is that what the government cared about was doing whatever it could to defeat the strikers, instead of thinking about the ways to solve the problems which caused the strike such as few jobs, low wages, and bad working conditions. First of all, the government made a decision to support the employers and Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand and oppose the strikers. Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Roberson met with CCOT but not the strike committee, which obviously stated the government’s basic standpoint that they supported the employers. Generally, the government should represent the behalf of majority people. But this time the government chose the side of employers and was not interested in reaching a settlement but defeating the strikers who represented the most people’s behalf. The government also broadened the Criminal Code’s definition of revolution. It was showed that the government was attempting to make it easier to arrest the strike leaders even by amending the clause. What’s more, federal government conducted a series of raid across the country on a series of homes of know agitators and offices of radical organizations. The government was abusing its power to destroy opposition from the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. The second reason for it was not justifiable is that although the government claimed that they feared a revolution and violence would brought by the strikers, the government used violence to suppress the strike. On “Bloody Saturday”, the police charged the protesters and fired on an unarmed crowd. They were the ones who induced the violence of the strikes, and it was absurd that the aggressors asserted that they always put avoiding violence in the first place. The third reason why the actions of the government were not justified is that it was severe the discrimination against immigrants. Federal government amended the Immigration Act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection. The government used the potential revolution as an excuse to deport the foreign leaders so that they could maintain their power and behalf. However, the truth is that there was no evidence that the foreign leader were communist and were encouraging revolution but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. Because of the foreign born leaders’ ethnic background, they were discriminated and faced deportation hearings before the Immigration Board of Inquiry. Whereas the Anglo-Saxon union leaders arrested were given jury trials. Finally, all the decisions the government made is for defeating the strikers, but what they did not only exploded the conflict between the workers and government, but also did the political power of government fluctuate.
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Canada became more independent during the interwar period. my reasoning behind this are the events that happened prior to world war I. the first event was the Paris Peace Conference where Prime Minister Robert Borden fought for Canada's independence from Britain and gained membership into the league of nations. In 1922 the British wanted to invade and attack turkey, they asked for canadas assistance in sending troops to war. Makenzie King Prime Minister at the time left the decision into parliaments hands which by the time a decision was made the war was already over. in 1923 Canada and the U.S signed a a fishing treaty, the treaty involved Alaska and British Columbia would share the salmon along the coasts. The Balfour report and the statue of westminister was also a prime example on how canada gained independence, these events granted canada autonomy and gave them the right to make their own foreign policy. The Group of Seven, the canadian broadcasting corporation and radio are among the social aspects that made canada a more independent country. in the 1920's canada and the us began to trade companies calling it Branch Plants. Overall i believe that canada became strongly independent and did not have to rely on Britain as they had to in the past.
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The Provincial Vote was the most significant event for the development of women’s rights during the interwar period.
ReplyDeleteManitoba was the centre of the success in women’s right to vote movement. At the time the Conservative party were in power, they opposed the women’s right to vote. The Manitoba Liberals endorsed suffrage and made it a significant part of their campaign platform. Nellie McClung played a very important role in this movement as a womens rights activist. The conservative party became involved in a scandal. The Liberal party were able to take power with a commanding majority with T.C. Norris as their leader. The Liberals made it their job to pass the suffrage bill which would give women a right to vote. On January 28th 1916 Manitoba became the first province in Canada to grant full political privileges to women. On April 5th 1917 the women of British Columbia achieved political equality through a bill, presented by the Liberal government. The governments of Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Ontario (ON) and Saskatchewan (SK) were friendlier to the suffrage cause. After this, friendliness was also shown in New Brunswick (NB), Prince Edward Island (PEI), Quebec (QC) and Newfoundland (NL).
The Provincial Vote was the first step to a Women’s right to vote. This event was the most significant and would lead to the other events following, like a game of falling dominoes. Due to the success of Womens right to vote provincially, it meant that other suffrage events became more successful. For example The Person’s Case was successful as the Judicial Committee realised that times had changed with women being given the right to vote and therefore women should now be included as “persons”. The Provincial Vote was the beginning and most significant change that would be made to the womens suffrage movement.
Maddie Lees
The most significant consequence of the Great Depression was the Export of resources decrease. Back in the days, Canada was one of the countries who relied and was heavily dependent on resources. During the interwar period, due to the Great Depression, Canada had to lose around 80% of their production and had them be exported to foreign nations. Canada’s resource-based industries were very hard hit by shrinking markets and decrease in prices. In the year of 1920’s to 1930’s, governments around the world experienced a big impact on their manufacturers and businesses. They put up high tariffs to protect them, but this action only created a weaker demand, making the Depression worse. Over the 5 years, Canadian exports shrank by 50% and had a big loss in their earnings. The regions and communities in Canada that were dependent on primary industries such as farming and mining were affected greatest and they had to suffer. Commodity prices were plummeting around the world, which their farming, mining and logging systems had to be disturbed. The Prairie Provinces of Canada experienced the greatest decrease in their income between 1928 and 1933. These provinces were places where mining and logging were a mainstay and went through a collapse in their wheat economy. The country was also greatly affected by the collapse of world trade. The four western Prairie Provinces that were completely dependent on wheat were not able to earn money, which led them to be not able to cover up their production costs. Eventually their net farm income dropped and had a big influence on life of the farmers. Canadian economy had lost most of their primary sources, such as wheat, wood, and minerals due to the Great Depression. Overall, the country had no earnings at this point and led the country to the loss of their resources. Because of these reasons, the export of the resources decrease could be seen as the most significant consequence of the Great Depression.
ReplyDeleteThe actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg general strike were not justified. The minister of Justice Meighen and minister of Labour Robertson meet with citizens committee of one thousand but not the strike committee would be not justified, because the government supported the employers and CCOT that mean that they weren’t committee to the settlement but defeating the strikers. The Winnipeg mayor fired police officers for refusing to sign contract to prevent them from joining unions is justified the police is an essential to keep law in order, if the police had the same rights as other workers they would be allowed to strike and that would not be very good because it would be unsafe for people. And police is an a essential and cannot be allowed to strike. The federal government amended the immigration act to be able to deport foreign born leaders accused of insurrection is not justified there was no way of seeing they foreign leaders because they were encouraging to revolution but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. The RNWMO arrest union leaders was justified because the government general strike he would feared it would lead to money issues and that can lead to union. Bloody Saturday was not justified after striker returned back to work after protesting for 43 days the police was aggressors and fired on an unarmed crowed for going back to work after 43 long days. The federal government conducts a series of raids across the country was not justified because the government was abusing the power, of the radical organizations. The British Anglo-Saxons leader arrested were given jury trials while foreign born leaders Canadian born leaders had the right to a trial but that foreign born leaders did not. Foreigners arrested during bloody Saturday was deported those who participated in the violated the ban on meeting was the lost of their right to remain in Canada.
ReplyDeleteActions taken by the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. The government in fear of a revolution, made rushed decisions and took immediate action, due to workers striking for improved working conditions, higher wages, and an eight-hour work day. However, the majority of these drastic actions were not justified. First off, the Minister of Justice Meighan and Minister of Labour Robertson only met with the Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand, completely ignoring the strike committee. As the government, they should have taken a neutral standpoint in the whole of this, but instead they sided with the employers. The government wanting to bring an end to the strikes quickly were unwilling to negotiate a settlement with strikers. Even the Mayor of Winnipeg went to such extremes as to firing police officers and replacing them for wanting to join unions. The actions of the government also had a huge effect on immigrants. They amended the Immigration Act, to gain the power to deport foreign leaders accused of insurrection. However, there was no evidence that foreign leaders were encouraging revolution, but instead demanding the right to collective bargaining. The Royal Northwest Mounted Police were sent out to arrest union leaders, without any evidence that strike leaders were encouraging insurrection or revolution. Anglo-Saxon union leaders arrested were given jury trials, while foreign leaders faced deportation hearings before the Immigration Board of Inquiry. During the First World War, immigrants already faced a lot of discrimination, this action by the government only added to that. On “Bloody Saturday”, police charged into the protesters and fired at the crowd of unarmed citizens, in an attempt to display dominance. The police were the ones who brought violence into this peaceful strike, firing into the crowd was completely unnecessary. Another act of discrimination that immigrants faced was foreigners arrested during “Bloody Saturday” were deported. The government also abused its power, conducting a series of raids across the country of suspected homes of agitators and offices of radical organizations. Abusing their power furthermore to destroy opposition parties and unions, the government introduced Section 97 of the Criminal Code, using it to persecute members of the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. The Winnipeg General Strike was a time in Canadian history where the government was more concerned with staying in power than the basic needs of its citizens.
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The most significant effect of the depression during the interwar period was the high unemployment rate around the country. Canadian citizens lost their jobs or saw their wages drop significant, factories closed, bankruptcies and production cutbacks. Unemployment rates rose all the way to 27% in some parts of the country. All of Canada's resource industries had had a large impact due to the shrinking markets domestically and internationally which cause a dramatic drop in prices. The unemployed had a huge impact as well because they could not afford their everyday needs, resulting in lots of people losing their homes and unable to support families, not giving proper meals. business owners saw profits go down which is why many company's laid off thousands of Canadian citizens. the company's could not afford to pay all the workers, so they had to reduce their wages. the shrinking market for Canadian exports would result in many people loosing their jobs . the natural disasters in the prairies had labourers working for farmers to become unemployed. since the government did not want citizens looking for jobs in Canada the immigration rate went down due to the unemployment rate. many immigrants sis not see the point in coming to Canada especially if there is close to no jobs to look for. The amount of people unemployed and that were effected was the most significant consequence.
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Was Canada more or less independent during the interwar period ?
ReplyDeleteCanada became more independent during the interwar period. The events during the interwar period from 1919 to 1936 helped Canada significantly in gaining its independence. The first events were the Paris Peace Conference and gaining a seat in the League of Nations. Canada’s prime minister at the time Robert Borden fought for Canada to have its own seat and signature in the peace conference. The seat in the League of Nations was also fought for by Borden in order for Canada to gain further independence from Britain. Furthermore, the next 2 events that helped gained independence were the 1922 Chanak Crisis and the 1923 Halibut Treaty. In the Chanak Crisis, the British Government asked Canada to send troops to help defend her port of Chanak against Turkish forces. Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King stated that it would take Canadian parliament to decide whether Canada would send troops or not, Britain could not assume that Canada would automatically answer her call. This was the opposite of the event of world war 1 where Canada was forced to go to war immediately because of their ties with Britain. The Halibut Treaty was a treaty signed with the U.S. and Canada regulating the Halibut fishery in the Northern Pacific. This was the first treaty signed by Canada not in the presence of a British official and set a precedent that was later followed by other dominions in international agreements. This also helped Canada gain independence from Britain and remove their ties. This helped not only Canada, but other British dominions became seen as equal in status to Britain itself. Now that Canada had made many great strides away from Britain politically, they could develop their own social identity by introducing things such as Hockey Night in Canada, the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) and the Group of Seven. These things all contributed to the cultural identity Canada has to this day. In terms of economy, Canada used to be reliant on Britain however due to the political changes they did , they no longer had to rely on Britain and instead relied on the United States. Some saw this as just relying on a different country but Canada had no choice but to rely on the United States because they were in massive debt because of the War they were tied to with Britain, additionally at the time the United States was the world’s economic leader. Furthermore the United States was in no way in control of Canada politically so it would be much easier for Canada to gain economic independence from them. In Conclusion Canada became more economically, socially and politically independent during the interwar period by separating the political and social ties they had with Britain.
Tyler Jadot
Canada bacome more independent during the inter period. Some events between 1919 to 1939, Canadda experienced gaining more independent with economic, social and political advances. The first several events that happend during First World War were the Paris Peace Congerence and the Chanak Crisis. Canada's Prime Minister Robert Borden fought for Canada's independence from Britain and gained to have its own seat at the league of nations. Also Canada gained their own seat and signature at the Paris Peace Conference. In 1923 Canada signed the Halibut Treat between U.S which controlled the halibut fisher in the Northern Pacific. Canada is autonomous in the Britich Commonwealth of Nations by the Statute of Westminster in 1931. The Dominion of Canada is independent from its colonial powers and this recognized the Balfour Report formally in British law. Prime Minister Mackenzie King refused to send Canadian tropps to Chanak, new independence of action within the British Empir and Commonwealth. WW1 had strongly influenced major Canadian foreign political. The Gropup of Seven, the Canadian broadcasting sorporattion and radio affected the socail that made Canada more independent country. The events tell us Canada had gained their own independence from Britain and becoming more independent politically, economical and socially.
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In my opinion, the most significant impact on the Canada’s depression after the war was because the resource-based industries were hit. Canadian economy was hugely dependent on export of primary sources such as wheat, wood, minerals, and etc. About 80% of productions of primary sources were exported to US, the largest trading partner of Canada. However, as US started to lay high tariffs on foreign goods to protect its own domestic market and the business, the prices of the foreign goods became more expensive. Followed by US, the governments around the world, including Canada’s, also put up high tariffs to protect their own goods. The impact was great; the introduction of high tariffs caused slowdown in the world trade, and Canadian exports decreased to 50% from 1929 to 1933. Canada suffered greatly including the regions and the communities that depended mostly on primary sources. Every single one of markets and business related to primary sources such as mining and farming collapsed and economy was highly hit. Few provinces located in praire and dominated in farming couldn't earn money, so they couldn't cover up their production cost. The net farm income fell from 417 million dollars in 1929 to 109 million dollars in 1933. This caused fewer jobs for people to work; therefore, resulting in the loss of jobs. All this has impactedTherefore, the most significant effect on the Canada’s depression was the collapse of resource-based industries.
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The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable. The Minister of Labour Robertson as well as the Minister of Justice Meighen only met with the Committee of One Thousand and not with the strike committee. The government only supported the Citizens Committee of One Thousand and the employers but they did not support the strikers. Instead the government was more interested in defeating the strikers then to come to a settlement. The Winnipeg Mayor fired police officers because they had refused to sign the contract to prevent them from joining the workers unions. This had been a justifiable act because the police are an essential service that keep law and order and without them crime rates would escalate dramatically causing no law and order, therefore they can not be allowed to strike. On June 21, the Royal North-West Mounted Police and the city’s special forces charged the protesters as they fired shots at an unarmed crowd. The Royal North-West Mounted Police had no right to shoot at an unarmed crowd without an lawful reason. In this situation the police were the aggressors. This event later became known as Bloody Saturday. The Criminal Code's definition of revolution was then broadened. This was wrong because the government were attempting to make it easier to have the strike leaders arrested and to defeat the strikers.The Royal North-West Mounted Police (RNWMP) arrested union leaders but there was had been no evidence that the strike leaders were encouraging insurrection or revolution. The Anglo-Saxon union leaders that were arrested were given jury trials, while the foreign born leaders were forced to a deportation hearing in front of The Immigration Board of Inquiry. The foreign born leaders were discriminated against because of ethnic background. The foreigners that had been arrested on Bloody Saturday were later deported out of the country. The Federal government introduced section 97 of the Criminal Code which identified an unlawful association which they had used to prosecute the members of the Communist Party, radicals and union leaders. These were some of the results of the government abusing their power to destroy their opposition. The government’s actions were not justifiable during and after the war because all that the government cared about was doing whatever it could to defeat the strikers. The government didn’t think about ways to solve the problems which had caused the strike like fewer jobs, lower wages and bad working conditions and the government had chosen the side of the employers and the Citizens Committee of One Thousand. They also used all of these things to suggest that the protesters were a threat to the government when all what the strikers wanted was fairer wages, more jobs and better working conditions, therefore the actions that the government had taken during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable.
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The most significant effect of the depression during the Interwar period was the unemployment through the nation. As the depression went on, many factories and businesses had to close their doors due to bankruptcies and production cutbacks, causing high unemployment and reduced wages. Unemployment had reached a high of 27% during the depression in 1933. All major labour jobs in Canada were receiving negative effects from the depression and every trade saw their rates of wages dropping. The unemployment was very hard for company owners, due to decline of corporate profits which had a big part in causing unemployment during the depression. They were also unable to afford and pay the amount of workers they were able to prior to the depression. Lastly the workers who still had their jobs had to be paid lower rates because of how unemployed the companies were. It was also difficult for the workers because some were evicted from their homes due to not being able to pay for rent and some were even unable to feed their families as they were not being paid enough. Unemployment brought many consequences making life hard for many Canadians during the Interwar period; therefore, it was the most significant effect during the depression.
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ReplyDeleteIt was difficult times for people after WW1. People were struggling to meet their basic needs, and of course, there were the soldiers returning from war adding to the workforce. Also, there was a huge rise in inflation meaning that everybody was hungry and frustrated. The people wanted their government to listen and create change to meet their basic needs. Attempts at forming unions were made so they could better communicate and get better working conditions and pay. Meanwhile, the government feared that the Canadian citizens would follow union leaders and would copy the revolution that took place in Russia. So, instead of listening to and providing for the peoples, they served themselves out of fear and in greed of controlling a climate which they wanted to maintain.
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. Initially, the Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson met with the Citizen’s Committee but did not meet with the strike committee and the conversation didn’t represent everyone and was also one sided. The business people grew richer and the government protected them and themselves.
They continuously used their power and tried to stop meetings about strikes and unions from meeting and took some very drastic measures including changing laws and the Criminal Code. They changed the Immigration Act so they could send leaders back to where they were born if their thinking didn’t match up. The RNWMP were ordered to arrest the union leaders. The government did that because they were worried that rebellion could result in instability of the government; it was all about power. There were a series of raids on agitator’s homes and offices of the radical organizations from the federal government. This government continuously abused its power and can be described as corrupt.
The event of Bloody Saturday was extreme. The mayor had placed a ban on demonstrations and meetings fearing that the citizens would gain more power. The protesters did in fact meet, and many died. The police really caused it to get out of control by acting very aggressively and firing on the unarmed group of people. A train was flipped and set on fire. Desperate times call for desperate measures and these were desperate unemployed hungry people. They needed to have their needs listened to and they needed their basic needs met.
There were many events that raised the tension among the desperate people in Winnipeg who were just trying to organize labour relations and meet their basic needs. The government was being irresponsible and corrupt and took drastic measures trying to control the citizens.
Michael Grundy
The actions of the government during and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justifiable because the Labor movement was a development of a organization of working people, who campaigned for better working conditions, wages, and treatment for their employers and governments. The government was also afraid that the same violence that happened in Russia would happen in Canada so they used fermenting to scare off the trade unions. Police officers lost their jobs because they sympathized with the strikes. Due to many born foreign born union leaders the government changed the criminal code s that they would be arrested and deported without a trial. I disagree with the way the governments performance was towards the Winnipeg General Strike. The 2 main issues were how the government discriminated all the immigrants as an enemy due to their ethnic background, and also how he abused his powers as a Governor to keep the country under control.The Government discriminated immigrants because when the leaders of the British Union were arrested they were given jury trials unlike the immigrants. As the British were given a jury trial as the foreigners who were born leader were faced with deportation Board of inquiry. Due to the discrimination of their ethnic background many foreign born leaders protested for their right and freedoms, that lead into many foreigners being arrested which was discriminatory. The federal government used his power to conduct a series of raids that went across the country. The government abused his power by attempting to limit and restrict his opponents by using a series of raids to affect many homes of known agitators and offices of radical organizations due to the fear of being overthrown. The government introduced Section97 from the criminal code that identified unlawful associations and used it to prosecute members from the communist party, including radicals and union leaders. The Minister of justice and Minister of Lab-our met up with the citizens committee of One Thousand but opposed the strikes. the government supported the employers of CCOT but was not interested in the strikers or reaching a settlement with them, which lead to the defeat of the strikers. The end result in the labor movement was that the government defeated the strikers and they were sent back to work after 43day protest. In the end only one protester died and 30 wounded/injured. This became a known event called "Bloody Saturday".
ReplyDeleteWhat was the Labor Movement?
The Labor movement was a development of a organization of working people, who campaigned for better working conditions, wages, and treatment for their employers and governments.
What was the role of the Government played on?
The government was afraid that the same violence that happened in Russia would happen in Canada so they used fermenting to scare off the trade unions. Police officers lost their jobs because they sympathized with the strikes. Due to many born foreign born union leaders the government changed the criminal code s that they would be arrested and deported without a trial.
The actions of the Government before and after the Winnipeg General Strike were not justified. When Canada’s workers begun to form trade unions, all they demanded were higher pay, better working conditions and an eight-hour workday. Overthrowing government and Revolution was not in that list, and yet that is how Government took their demands. The Government feared being taken as weak, which influenced many of their poor decisions. The Government’s job is to make the people of their Country’s lives easier and safer, yet they did the complete opposite. The Minister of Justice Meighen and Minister of Labour Robertson refused to meet and discuss with the Strike Committee, but were undeniably willing to meet with Citizens Committee of One Thousand who they supported and showed favoritism towards. This proves that the Government did not want a friendly settlement, but a victory. They were willing to disbanding their own people. Winnipeg’s Mayor fired a whole force of Police Officers for their refusal to sign a contract to prevent them from joining union. Anything that may get in the way had to be gotten rid of. The Government went as far as to amend the Immigration Act so that they were able to arrest and deport any foreign born Strike Leaders without reason, which is considered major discrimination and Guilty by Association. Any attempt to arrest Strike Leaders was broadened, even though Strike Leaders had a set list of demands and no means for Revolution. All these people wanted was to live a healthy and affordable life, was this too much to ask for? It was to Government. This led to Bloody Saturday, a day that got innocents arrested and turned men into murderers. Both the Strikers and Police were at fault, forgetting their morals completely, leaving only the thought of success in their minds. The people of Canada wanted what they disserved after all the hard years of war, and the Government was abusing its power to the fullest. The Anglo-Saxon Strikers were treated with more leisure than the Foreign Strikers, when each Canadian should be treated equally. Anglo-Saxons may face jury trials, where as Immigrants faced deportation. Violence was the last thing they wanted, and yet it’s what all this led to. We expect the Government to look after us and make the big decisions which effect how we live, and yet when we needed them most they abandoned us.
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