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The Evan Bray Show - Garnet Dishaw - June 13th, 2025

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As we watch anti-ICE protests in the United States continue to grow, we look back at one of Canada's most remarkable labour protests. It's the 90th anniversary of the On-to-Ottawa trek. It was a protest for better working conditions during the great depression. Garnet Dishaw, retired trade unionist and amateur labour historian, joins Evan to take us back to the summer of 1935 and how the protest came to a violent halt in Regina.
13 Jun 2025 1PM English South Africa News Commentary

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