HIST 2500 Lecture 6: Labour and Capital 1
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Key points: energy transition/labour transition, national policy, stelco, massey-harris company, factory production, 1889 royal commission on the relations of labour and capital. 1901- sudden change closing of the american west in this period (the homested act was giving land to immigrants and ends by the 19th century) therefore, immigrants set direction for canada. These lands were conquered by the canadian government. The growth was driven by servicing the immigrants population- Agricultural equipment set up farms, expanded productive outputs, produce goods. Labour transition: self-provisioning to wage this was the beginning of transition of labour in the country- most of the work done prior was self-provisioning (day to day work devoted towards food, production, clothing for daily survival. Earning a wage to get the necessities of life: energy transition: organic to mineral change in the forms of energy canadians consume- organic to mineral forms of energy. Most of the energy budget was organic energy sources moved by foot/force, etc. this changes though.
