The Origins of the Employment Service of Canada, 1900-1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3982298 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Udo Sautter (University of Windsor, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Pages | 89 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour / Le Travail (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0700-3862 • E-ISSN: 1911-4842 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/25139982 |
| OpenAlex | W1530421085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Government run employment agencies are usually regarded as a feature of the modem welfare state. Their appearance in Canada before World War I, however, was not really due to welfare-related concerns. By far the most extensive operations were the immigration services of the federal and various provincial governments. Other labour exchanges were started by Ontario and Quebec, but remained insignificant political ventures. During the war, when the demand for manpower could not be satisfied, the provincial networks grew in importance. The federal government contemplated increasing its own endeavours, but it took the threat of social unrest at the end of hostilities to persuade it to create the Employment Service of Canada. Les bureaux de placement administres par l'Etat sont souvent consideres comme des institutions de l'Etat-providence. Leur creation au Canada avant la premiere guerre mondiale ne peut pourtant pas etre attribuee a des considerations de bien-etre social. Les activites les plus importantes etaient celles des services d'immigration du gouvernement federal et des gouvernements provinciaux. Certes, des bureaux d'un caractere plus general furent etablis par l'Ontario et le Quebec pour des raisons politiques, mais ils n'eurent qu'une importance negligeable. Ce n'est qu'au cours de la guerre que les reseaux provinciaux recurent plus d'attention a cause du manque de main-d'oeuvre. Desormais le gouvernment federal, lui-aussi, considerait s'engager plus serieusement dans le marche du travail. Il ne prit pourtant pas de mesures definitives avant la fin des hostilites en Europe. C'est lorsque la demobilisation menacait de causer un malaise social au Canada que le gouvernement decida de creer le Service de placement du Canada
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2013 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |