The Labor Statesman
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alternative: [The Labour Statesman]
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-01-30
issued: 1929-08-23
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note: or atesmai. TjfoWNED AND CONTROLLED ^ W BY TOE VANCOUVER TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL 1 Supported by Sixty-two Local Unions 14 NO. 278-EIGHT PAGES VANCOUVER, B. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1929 Views of Winnipeg Trades Council on Immigrat on ^INNIPEG, BEING THE GATEWAY of the West -and the ( centre of.westehi immigration activities, meets the problem face to face created by the influx of immigrants. 'In view of this, the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council has for some time been gathering information in connection with immigration, subsidized and otherwise, and has now compiled a report as to their findings, coupled with some definite recommendations which are to be presented for consideration at the forthcoming convention of the Trades and Labor Congress, Saint John, N.B. The full text of the report, which is a valuable contribution towards the better understanding of the immigration problems, is herewith reproduced: A committee selected to investigate and report on thc extent that subsidized immigrants, who have recently arrived in Canada, were being hired by employers to displace from or prevent others from securing employment, who had been born in Canada or had resided there for some time, herewith submits the results of their investigations and recommendations for your endorsation or otherwise. Meaning of Subsidized Immigrants Those to be considered as "subsidized immigrants," as used in this report, are those of cither sex, adults or minors, who came to Canada from other countries, either on steamships or railways, or both, where the difference between the reduced and regular fare was made up by grants from either the Canadian or other governments or by the transportation companies themselves; as a result of loans or bonuses advanced by the Canadian or other governments, companies or societies, located either in Canada or elsewhere, or where the immigrant was induced to come to Canada by an alluring and perhaps deceptive propaganda, that was intensively conducted by gover…
note: Title changes in chronological order: The Labor Statesman (1924-04-25 to 1965-03), The Labour Statesman (1965-05 to 1969-09). From 1924-04-25 to 1965-03 The Labour Statesman was owned and published by the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1965-05 to 1967-07 it was published jointly by the B.C. Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council. From 1967-08 to 1969-09 it was published by the B.C. Federation of Labour.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0439119
language: English
lat: 49.246292
long: -123.116226
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : Vancouver and District Labour Council
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type: Text