There were work camps located deep in the forests to keep the men isolated Did jobs like building roads, clearing land, digging ditches etc Each man was paid 20 cents a day Terrible conditions 170,000 men in 1935 over a thousand men working in the interior of BC left their work camps and caught freight trains to Ottawa to protest and more joined alone the way The RCMP stopped them in Regina because only leaders went into Ottawa and put them in confinement in a football field Leaders did not hear of this at all When the RCMP tried to disband the men they resisted and 130 were arrested, 1 man was killed and many injured.
Federal Government closes relief camps in Vancouver in 1937 Provincial Government reduced relief payment 'Sit-ins' were held at several buildings to protest until their complaints were heard 1600 protestors occupied the Vancouver Art Gallery Police used tear gas on the protestors.
Summary
Canada was suffering badly throughly the years of the Depressions and many people tried to fight back. Men who worked in the isolated work camps getting only paid 20 cents a day to do hard manual labour in terrible conditions. Though the protestors only got to Regina and the government leaders were never told of all this. Then the Federal Government closed to relief camps in Vancouver and the Provincial government reduced relief payment, people were upset by this so this lead to several 'sit-in' protests in important building until their complaints were heard and then 1600 protestors occupied the Vancouver Art Gallery