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	On to Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On June 3, over 1000 strikers began the "On to Ottawa Trek," determined to inform the nation of their cause and to lay complaints before Parliament and Prime Minister R.B. The strikers commandeered freight trains and made stops in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Swift Current and Moose Jaw before arriving in Regina.
		Negotiations with the federal government resulted in the dispatch of 8 Trekkers to Ottawa to meet with Bennett, while the 2000 remaining marchers waited in the Regina Exhibition Grounds, food and shelter being supplied by townspeople and the Saskatchewan government.
		The repression of the Trek and Bennett's antagonism towards Evans contributed to the PM's political decline.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005926 (447 words)

	The "On to Ottawa" Trek
		In British Columbia these men, dissatisfied with their living and working conditions, decided to march to Ottawa to protest and air their concerns about the measures taken to counteract the social and economic problems Canada was experiencing.
		Eight men undertook the walk to Ottawa to argue their case, while 2,000 others settled in Regina, where they were fed and lodged by private citizens while being sustained by the government of Saskatchewan.
		The failure of the "On to Ottawa" Trek was a tough blow for the career of Prime Minister Bennett, who was widely criticized for his handling of the situation.
	www.histori.ca /peace/page.do?pageID=348 (624 words)

	Mark supports farm train to Ottawa
		Ottawa- Member of Parliament, Inky Mark, says that an upcoming train trip to Ottawa shows that farmers in Western Canada are not giving up the fight for fairness.
		The "On To Ottawa Trek" is a train trip being planned by farmer Murray Downing of Reston, Manitoba.
		The trek is to promote the cause of farmers who continue to fight for financial aid in the wake of a now two-year cash crisis for their industry.
	www.inkymark.com /pressrel/20001219a.htm (306 words)

	On-to-Ottawa-Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	On to Ottawa : Home
		Their historic On to Ottawa Trek was one of the highlights of the severe economic depression of 1929-39.
		The 1935 Relief Camp Workers Strike that became the On to Ottawa trek began on April 4, 1935.
		A plaque commemorating the On to Ottawa trek was unveiled June 7, 2001 in Regina Saskatchewan near Scarth Street and Eleventh Aveneue, the site of some of the most intense fighting between police and trekkers during the July 1, 1935 "Regina Riot".
	www.ontoottawa.ca /home.html (425 words)

	On To Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		trek home at sunrise, all while continuing to work full-time and attempting to maintain their usual daily routine.
		The 19 cities on the trek span the length of the country, beginning January 4 in Victoria, BC, and wrapping February 2 in Ottawa, Ontario.
		Nashville and Ottawa are the only clubs who have yet to lose in the...
	on-to-ottawa-trek.wikiverse.org (196 words)

	On To Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The trek in support of the band's breakthrough album "Miss Machine" kicks off November 6 in Ottawa, Ontario, and will be hitting North American clubs for more...
		OTTAWA, Canada (Billboard) - Pearl Jam is well past its days as the '90s chart-toppers whose every move was chronicled by the music press, its albums now...
		If you feel like making the trek authentically, do it on the way in and not...
	www.wikiverse.org /on-to-ottawa-trek (223 words)

	June 7, 2001 On to Ottawa Commemorative Plaque Unveiling
		On Thursday June 7, 2001 the Government of Canada, through its Ministry of Canadian Heritage commemorated the 1935 On to Ottawa trek by unveiling a new plaque in Regina.
		The plaque is near the corner of Scarth Street and Eleventh Avenue, where some of the worst violence took place during the July 1 1935 Regina Police Riot.
		The protestors were tired of being ignored by the federal government so they had decided to take their demands for "work, wages and an end to relief camps" directly to officials in Ottawa - the On to Ottawa trek.
	www.workingtv.com /oto7june2001.html (166 words)

	Calgary & Southern Alberta - The On-to-Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Calgary and Southern Alberta - The On-to-Ottawa Trek
		Alberta experienced its greatest period of social and economic crisis during the 1930s, better known as the "Dirty Thirties." Trigger by Europe's cut in Canadian food imports the Depression saw wheat prices plunge and that combined with a drought that destroyed many family farms.
		The marchers halted at Regina when its leader, Arthur Evans (a former OBU organizer), and others went to Ottawa to express their grievances to Prime Minister R. Bennett.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/calgary/onottawa.html (309 words)

	Bobby Jackson memorial
		Bobby was a veteran of the 1935 On to Ottawa trek, a lifelong labour and social justice activist and Communist Party member.
		In his latter years he was President of the On to Ottawa Historical Society.
		He dedicated himself to keeping alive the lessons and the spirit of the labour and unemployed struggles of the past, which brought about the social programs we enjoy today.
	www.workingtv.com /jacksonmemorial.html (150 words)

	Macleans.ca \| Top Stories \| Health \| DESPERATE JOURNEY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fearing a snowballing rebellion, the government waylaid the On to Ottawa Trek in Saskatchewan and, on the July 1 holiday, crushed it in what became known as the Regina Riot, the most violent episode of the Great Depression.
		Stalling for time in the hope the trek would fizzle out peacefully, the prime minister invited a contingent of strikers, including Savage, to meet with him in Ottawa.
		Their transportation had been cut off, the exits to the city blocked and rumours surfaced that a relief camp was being prepared to intern them all.
	www.macleans.ca /topstories/health/article.jsp?content=68638 (1429 words)

	On to Ottawa : Introduction
		After two months of valiant but unsuccessful struggle for union wages, they decided to take their case direct to Ottawa, the nation's capital, three thousand miles to the east.
		Their journey was enshrined in history as the On To Ottawa Trek.
		It was directed by Sara Diamond and produced by The On to Ottawa Historical Society and the Women's Labour History Project.
	www.ontoottawa.ca /trek/trek.html (287 words)

	National Historic Site Announced for Trekkers
		The strikers’ call for federal assistance was ignored, so they decided to take their protest to the nation’s capital, riding the rails as they were used to doing.
		An eight-member delegation from the RCWU was allowed to travel to Ottawa and meet with R.B. Bennett, whom they unsuccessfully lobbied for job creation measures.
		On the evening of July 1, 1935, a large meeting of citizens sympathetic to the Trek was held in downtown Regina.
	www3.telus.net /public/afl/LabourNews/may01-09.html (584 words)

	The Depression - Tracking Time - Canada, by Train
		Strikers from unemployment relief camps en route to eastern Canada during the "On to Ottawa Trek," June 1935
		This was known as "riding the rails" or "riding the rod." This was how the strikers set out for the nation's capital after their demands had gone nowhere.
		The journey became known as the "On to Ottawa Trek", but the trekkers never reached their destination.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /trains/h30-3110-e.html (208 words)

	On-to-Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Its was to march from the impoverished prairies the capital city of Ottawa.
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	www.freeglossary.com /On-to-Ottawa-Trek (455 words)

	Briarpatch Magazine: Veterans Of The Struggle - union activism in Canada in the 1930s - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		By the time the Trek reached Regina on June 14th it was 2,000 strong and growing daily in numbers and confidence.
		On July 1, 1935 the RCMP and city police arrested the Trek leaders at a large public meeting igniting the Regina Riot, that saw a series of pitched battles rage through the streets of downtown Regina for several hours.
		All three Trek veterans are in their mid-90s and as radical and unrepentant as ever.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JQV/is_7_30/ai_78359648 (662 words)

	On-to-ottawa-trek - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Recollections of the on to Ottawa Trek (Cls 66)
		All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-To-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot
		"We were the salt of the earth!": A narrative of the On-to-Ottawa trek and the Regina riot (Canadian plains studies)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /on-to-ottawa-trek.htm (49 words)

	H-Net Review: Steve Hewitt on RCMP Security Bulletins: The Depression Years, Part II, 1935 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The year 1935 was the year of the "party of Lenin": numerous strikes organized by the Workers' Unity League (WUL); CPC-inspired hunger marches; and the CPC-organized and -led "On to Ottawa Trek," which culminated on July 1, 1935, in the Regina Riot.
		Only several days after the "On to Ottawa Trek" began, and when it became clear that the movement would not dissolve of its own accord, did Ottawa order the RCMP to halt the trekkers in Regina, Saskatchewan.
		The significance to researchers of the bulletins, as historian John Manley notes in his introduction, is the insight they provide on the activities of the CPC and its affiliated organizations: the WUL, the Canadian Labour Defence League, the Relief Camp Workers' Union, and the Farmers' Unity League.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=17080850784233 (825 words)

	On-to-Ottawa Trek -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On-to-Ottawa Trek -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a protest movement in (A nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada) Canada during the (The economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s) Great Depression by the poor and unemployed.
		Its goal was to march from the impoverished prairies to the capital city of (The capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)) Ottawa.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/on/on-to-ottawa_trek1.htm (224 words)

	Another To Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a survivor of child sexual and physical abuse, I believed it was my duty to stand up against global poverty, especially as it affects women and children.
		It saddens me to think that babies are starving to death in the world today and that women are being beaten, sold or even killed by their partners or other male relatives.
		I went to Ottawa because I believed in what the march stood for, I wanted my voice to be heard and to be among those raising the issues of poverty and abuse.
	www.alberni.net /PeopleWithdisAbilities/Ottawa.html (211 words)

	Past Imperfect Abstracts: Volume 4
		This year is the sixtieth anniversary of the On to Ottawa Trek.
		The original Trek started in Vancouver as over a thousand unemployed men attempted to reach Ottawa by rail to express their discontent with the policies of the Bennett government.
		"We Cannot Shoo These Men to Another Place" explores trek events in Toronto and Ottawa and discovers that while the trek itself was a failure, it did reveal the anti-Communist paranoia of both the political right and left and the Canadian state.
	www.ualberta.ca /~pastimpe/volume4.htm (872 words)

	ABCBookWorld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Arthur H. 'Slim' Evans was the organizer and leader of the On To Ottawa Trek in the summer of 1935.
		Evans was chairman of the delegation that was invited to Ottawa to discuss the situation with R.B. Bennett.
		Alleging the protesters were part of a Communist conspiracy to overthrow the government, R.B. Bennett had the RCMP forcibly disband the protestors and end the trek with brute force.
	www.abcbookworld.com /?state=view_author&author_id=6244 (935 words)

	On to Ottawa Trek: The Hungry Thirties - Economic Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On to Ottawa Trek: The Hungry Thirties - Economic Background
		Not wishing to be a burden on their parents, who often were also unemployed, thousands of young men left home and travelled by freight train from coast to coast in a vain search for work.
		The On to Ottawa Trek by Ben Swankey
	www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca /schools/hrp/ecbkgrnd.html (417 words)

	Sask 2005 New Home Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This was the famous On-to-Ottawa Trek, which was halted by the RCMP in Regina.
		During the depths of the Depression, in 1935, young men in federal relief camps in British Columbia hopped freight trains and headed for Ottawa, where they intended to lay their claims before Parliament and Prime Minister R.B. Bennett.
		On June 27, 1935, on instruction from Ottawa, the R.C.M.P. mobilized to prevent two-thousand relief camp strikers from moving eastward from Regina.
	sask2005.ca /facts/skfactsresults.asp?ID=559 (314 words)

	UBC Special Collections - Archival Research Collections S
		She eventually worked in Ottawa and in British Columbia for the Ministry of Agriculture and the British Columbia Agricultural Land Commission.
		Jean Sheils (1927-1995), born in Vancouver, was a founding member of the On-to-Ottawa Trek Committee formed in 1985 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Trek.
		Also, the On-to-Ottawa Historical Society material covers the records generated by the 1992 production of the On-to-Ottawa video, which was directed by Sara Diamond and co-produced with the Women's Labour History Project.
	www.library.ubc.ca /spcoll/rescol/rescols.html (5405 words)

	NO ONE IS ILLEGAL march from Montreal to Ottawa: FINAL ORGANIZING UPDATE : IMC Maritimes
		As well, since parts of the route to Ottawa will be along a bike path, there will be days that some of the bikers can provide childcare by biking along with the kids who are participating in the March.
		From the immigrant neighborhoods of Montreal, to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, we refuse to be invisible and silenced.
		We march on the 10th anniversary of the "Bread and Roses" March against poverty, organized by Quebec women, and the 70th anniversary of the On-to-Ottawa Trek, organized by unemployed workers during the Great Depression; we march in the tradition of those previous efforts for social and economic justice.
	maritimes.indymedia.org /news/2005/06/10392.php (2259 words)

	On-to-Ottawa Trek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=On-to-Ottawa-Trek (1281 words)

	may week 2005 \| calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Sara Diamond’s On to Ottawa documents the plight, struggles and activism of the unemployed and their supporters during the 1930's depression.
		Concerns of the larger community for direct relief, medical care and homes were also ignored.
		In 1935, thousands boarded freight trains in protest and headed for Ottawa with their demands, while others banded together to provide encouragement and generous support along the way.
	www.mayweek.ab.ca /event.php?page=events/ontoottawa (94 words)

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