Why Did Bennett Create Relief Camps

McNaughton proposed the idea of relief camps to provide men with work to fill their days, food, clothing, medical attention, and some compensation to ease tensions. McNaughton’s relief camps were expected to provide the basic necessities for single men in return for manual labour.

What was the purpose of the relief camps?

McNaughton proposed the idea of relief camps to provide men with work to fill their days, food, clothing, medical attention, and some compensation to ease tensions. McNaughton’s relief camps were expected to provide the basic necessities for single men in return for manual labour.

Why did camp workers start the On to Ottawa Trek?

In 1935, over a thousand angry unemployed men left federal relief camps in British Columbia and boarded boxcars to take their demand for work and wages directly to Ottawa.