A play about this event, written by Tom Hawken, featured a band composed of three people who took part in it: Bobby Jackson, Ray Wainwright, and Jean Sheils, who was the daughter of a key leader in this event.
A play about this event, written by Tom Hawken, featured a band composed of three people who took part in it: Bobby Jackson, Ray Wainwright, and Jean Sheils, who was the daughter of a key leader in this event. The most comprehensive primary source on this event is a book by Ronald Liversedge, whose recollections describe how it was supported by Peter Mikkelson, Jimmy Gardiner, and mayor Cornelius Rink. Early on, participants in this event had a meeting at Riverside Park in Kamloops and a feast at the town of Golden. This effort was led by a man named Arthur "Slim" Evans, who led an organization called the Relief Camp Workers Union which used the motto "Work and Wages." It culminated in his clash with a politician called the "Iron Heel," R.B. Bennett, who used the Railway Act to empower himself as prime minister to order the mounted police to attack. For 10 points, name this event during the Great Depression, in which a bunch of unemployed men decided to gather in Vancouver and march on the Canadian capital.
A play about this event, written by Tom Hawken, featured a band composed of three people who took part in it: Bobby Jackson, Ray Wainwright, and Jean Sheils, who was the daughter of a key leader in this event.
On-to-Ottawa Trek [or On-to-Ottawa Strike; or the Relief Camp strikes until "Relief Camp" is read; prompt on answers that imply "a march to Ottawa"]