Industrialization of Canada
The first phase of industrialization during 1891 and 1911, attracted a steady supply of rural Canadians to the cities. Although industrialization did provide thousands of jobs, it did not create an egalitarian society. Instead, a new social class was spawned: the working poor. These families faced inequities in the labour force, weak government protection, and social discrimination. Industrialization had caused Canadian cities to double, which brought wealth to the society, but that wealth was not shared. (Finlay, J. L. and Sprague D. N. 296) Disadvantaged by low wages, the poor, unlike the middle class, had no opportunity to progress, so the beliefs of these rural Canadians were tested as shown: For generations, they made their living from farming or from providing the services required by the farming community. Their philosophy was that all people had the same opportunities for a lifestyle of reasonable comfort, fair compensation for their work, economic and social advancement through personal effort. They lived by the belief that honest hard work and thrift would lead to success, and that poverty was the "just reward" for laziness. (296) The industrial environment did not support these convictions; they became workers-for
For generations, they made their living from farming or from providing the services required by the farming community. Their philosophy was that all people had the same opportunities for a lifestyle of reasonable comfort, fair compensation for their work, economic and social advancement through personal effort. They lived by the belief that honest hard work and thrift would lead to success, and that poverty was the "just reward" for laziness. (296) In the late 1880's, workers resisted the capitalist culture and rebelled and organized labour groups provided a sense of social security for the members. Between 1897 and 1914, the number of organized trade unions reached 1,775 and workers staged nearly 800 strikes. The Conciliation and the Railway Labour Disputes Act of 1900 and 1903 were mere government panaceas that did not recognize the injustice that stigmatized the working-class. These acts were mainly designed to end disputes, therefore, the workers' complaints were not seriously considered. Then in 1907, Prime Minister Laurier introduced the Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, however-predictably-the government used the Act to discriminate against the strikers, as Paul Craven has shown: Prentice-Hall, Scarborough: 2000 -wages and were controlled by the whims of an industry. Two external forces drove the relentless In the late 1880's, workers resisted the capitalist culture and rebelled and organized labour groups provided a sense of social security for the members. Between 1897 and 1914, the number of organized trade unions reached 1,775 and workers staged nearly 800 strikes. The Conciliation and the Railway Labour Disputes Act of 1900 and 1903 were mere government panaceas that did not recognize the injustice that stigmatized the working-class. These acts were mainly designed to end disp
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