As factories were being built, businesses were in need of workers.With a long line of people willing to work, employers could set wages as low as they wanted because people were willing to do work as long as they got paid - which means they wanted to maximize their profits regardless of their workers' welfare.
Owners, who were only concerned with making a profit, were satisfied because labor costed less.
To live in Quebec is to become accustomed to daily reminders that French in the Canadian province is the most regulated language in the world. Try, as I did recently, to shop at Anthropologie online and you’ll come up empty-handed.
