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When the depression hit in 1929, it caused wheat prices to fall. With the removal of the deep rooted natural prairie grasses, Canadian soil was becoming over worked, but because prices were low, farmers had to plow up even more to harvest the next season to make the same amount of money. This damaged the soil even more, and when drought hit in 1931, wind erosion became worse. Dust storms became the norm. -
Changes had to be made in farming practices to offset depletion of nutrients and erosion of prairie soil. Thousands of families abandoned their farms, to look for work.
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During the depression, work was scare, because of this, so were workers rights. Men were the majority of Canadian workers outside the home, but when war broke out, huge numbers of them went to fight. -
https://www.law-faqs.org/national-faqs/history-and-development-of-unions-in-canada/history-of-unions-during-and-post-wwii/
Rouillard, Jacques et al. "Working-Class History". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/working-class-history. Accessed 28 May 2021. -
After the war, there were many strikes, forcing wage and working hour improvements
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With men gone off to war, Canadian women headed to the workplace to replace them. Women joined industrial work, as well as military spy work and code breaking, and volunteered to raise money for war bonds. -
Canadian women go from working in the home to working out of it in traditionally male work, but after the war is over, have to go back into the home. Even so, they've tasted some independence, and began to ask for more rights.
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