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Labour Day: Marxism–Leninism Day

Labour Day in Canada is the first Monday in the month of September. There is a lot that goes on this day, and the weekend preceding it. Traditions are many for Labour day, and here are some of them:

Many businesses open there doors to the public on Labour Day. Traditionally, it has been places like factories, or other places of manufacturing, but many non-labouring business have begun to take part over the years. The public is invited to see how things work on the inside. It can be a fascinating time seeing how a business operates. Factories usually offer guided tours, and other businesses do similar. School children are often taken on class tours of businesses.

Labour Day is the time many of the unemployed look for work. Many businesses specifically look for new employees to hire on Labour Day. It is like an annual “we are hiring” event. It is an all day affair where someone who is unemployed is able to look for work at almost any business, large or small, on Labour Day.

In the schools, children are usually taught about the capitalistic system, where they learn about some of the fundamental ideas of capitalism, such as: private property, profit motive, competition, freedom of contract, and free enterprise. Older children may earn about how to start a business, or learn a skilled trade.

The weekend is usually when people get out and do some “labouring”. It could be helping a neighbour build a fence, or a even a house. People often volunteer their time to work on Labour Day. Adults usually work for free, but the young are paid for their work. It may be mowing the lawn, light house cleaning, washing a car, whatever small jobs can be done. They are paid to teach them that one must work for the money one gets, and the money earned is theirs.    

Of course, none of the above is true. Labour Day in Canada is the day when most people do not work, but they still get paid a day’s wage for doing nothing, that’s the law, and the socialists give public speeches and demonstrations blaming freedom and capitalism for all the many failures of socialism. I do not call it “Labour Day”, I call it “Marxism–Leninism Day” becasue that is exactly what it is.

(c) Trevor Dailey