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About the social upheaval

About the Social upheaval in 1919 as World War 1 ended: There are many things the government can do to relieve the situation. There is the taxation of profits... Better and cheaper housing, state care  for the sick, so that a family who are so unfortunate to have sickness, will not be further penalized by having to pay for it; old age pensions to relieve the minds of our people from the fear of want.

Credit: Nellie McClung, 1919
Source: Candace Savage. Our Nell: A Scrapbook Biography of Nellie L. McClung. p.144. 1979. Also referenced to "The Winnipeg General Strike"" transcript, McClung Papers

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