On-to-Ottawa Trek
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on-to-ottawa-trek-162-7791683
title:
On-to-Ottawa Trek
text:
The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a mass protest movement in Canada in 1935 sparked by unrest among unemployed single men in federal relief camps principally in Western Canada. The trek started in Vancouver and, picking up reinforcements along the way, was conducted by riding traincars eastward. The trek was stopped in Regina where on July 1, 1935, police dispersed it with loss of life and mass arrests. Federal relief camps were brought in under Prime Minister R. B. Bennett's government as a result of t
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1935 protest movement by unemployed workers against the Canadian government
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-to-Ottawa_Trek
date created:
2003-07-01T22:42:02Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T21:44:03Z
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