The On-To-Ottawa Trek/Regina Riot

Canadian History Ehx

English - June 06, 2020 11:00 - 22 minutes - 16.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
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What began as a trek to Ottawa by thousands of unemployed men in 1935, would end in a terrible riot in Regina. Wanting to get better pay and conditions at work camps, the protesters were met by a federal government who saw them only as revolutionaries pushing Communism.

This is the story of the Trek and the Riot that changed Canada.

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