Workers' Rights and Union Rights in Canada
Under the leadership of the first Canadian Prime Minister, Sir John A. Mcdonald, and his chief Québec colleague, Sir George-Étienne Cartier, the Canadians were heard all around, celebrating their victory of becoming an independent nation. Throughout the years, the Canadian economy progressed slowly but surely, but then picked up speed as the rising tide of immigration grew from a country of 4.8 million in 1891 to a total population of almost 7.2 million in 1911. These waves of immigrants--later citizens--came to work in hopes of finding a young, potential-filled country, but instead came face-to-face with some of the darkest moments in Canada's history. Here you will be able to read more about some of the different working conditions that were designated for different classes of people, and recognize the discrimination that Canada had once inflicted upon its people.