LABRST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Classical Liberalism, Nuclear Family

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Labour Studies
• Course: LABRST 1A03
• Professor: David Goutor

Document Summary

Taking work in, ex. sewing, laundry (women) Wages were low, many young people desperate for work, bonded out (girls) Cooking stew, taking in a boarder to stay with you and pay you. Taking in animals in your backyard for feed. Parents could not pay for their child anymore. Owned the toronto globe (biggest newspaper at the time) A series of things to spur growth: Helps build infrastructure so the economy runs more smoothly. Biggest infrastructure: the railway across the country. Need more people to work, settle the west and purchase things. By taxing imports, the prices are raised and canadian manufactures can ourish. The labour movement back then was very conservative, conserve the skill and status and organize to protect it. Governed by and only recognized skilled workers, to preserve the trade. Stop the workers from being replaced by machines. Want to control the trade, controlling the workers.