CA-K391Institutions
J. S. Woodsworth and the CCF
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J. S. Woodsworth (1874–1942), a Methodist pastor who confronted urban poverty in Winnipeg, was the leading socialist voice in Canada of his day and in 1933 became the first parliamentary leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. His book Strangers Within Our Gates (1909) relied on nativist views and a racist hierarchy of immigrants, and at times he proposed eugenic solutions to perceived social problems.
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Woodsworth’s significance as recognized in the 2024 reviewed designation, not the CCF’s history.
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