Today (May 1st) marks the one-hundred-and-twenty-third International Workers’ Day, also referred to as May Day. Many countries around the world observe the annual event celebrating the working class and labour movement with street festivals, community gatherings and demonstrations. But May Day passes largely unnoticed in Canada. This may be because very few Canadians actually believe in a working class anymore.
“Canadians for the most part believe the working class belongs to an era that no longer exists. Whether they are the working poor or the wealthy, Canadians tend to think of themselves as middle class,” says Jacqueline Kennelly, an (Read more…)