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The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence. These events saw the Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau ...
Canadian Labour Revolt. The Canadian Labour Revolt was a loosely connected series of strikes, riots, and labour conflicts that took place across Canada between 1918 and 1925, largely organized by the One Big Union (OBU). [1][2] It was caused by a variety of factors including rising costs of living, unemployment, intensity of work, the ...
A Few Words on Non-Intervention. "A Few Words on Non-Intervention" is a short essay by the philosopher, politician, and economist, John Stuart Mill. It was written in 1859 [1] in the context of the construction of the Suez Canal and the recent Crimean War. [2] The essay addresses the question of under what circumstances states should be allowed ...
1952 – First Peace Arch concert by musician and labour activist Paul Robeson. 1956 – The Canadian Labour Congress is formed through the merger of the Trades and Labour Congress of Canada and the Canadian Congress of Labour. [40] 1956 – Nova Scotia - Springhill mining disaster. 39 were killed.
Manifesto Against Work. Manifesto Against Work is a manifesto critical of work written by the authors who were active in the journal Krisis a group that had the German philosopher Robert Kurz as one of its main contributors. [1][2] The Manifesto Against Work emerged during the time in which the New Labour ideology spread across Europe in the ...
Writing centres in Canada. Founded in 2007, the Canadian Writing Centres Association (French: association Canadienne des centres de rédaction) (CWCA/ACCR) is an independent, national, volunteer organization, representing over 120 academic writing centres in Canadian universities, colleges, high schools, prisons, and public and private companies.
The Trades and Labor Congress of Canada was a Canada-wide central federation of trade unions from 1886 to 1956. It was founded at the initiative of the Toronto Trades and Labour Council and the Knights of Labor. It was the third attempt at a national labour federation to be formed in Canada: it succeeded the Canadian Labour Union which existed ...
Great Depression in Canada. A Montreal soup kitchen in 1931. The worldwide Great Depression of the early 1930s was a social and economic shock that left millions of Canadians unemployed, hungry and often homeless. Few countries were affected as severely as Canada during what became known as the "Dirty Thirties", due to Canada's heavy dependence ...