Canada -- Economic conditions; Canada -- Emigration and immigration
One class of woman worker that Canada has no use for is the barmaid. The
employment of women in drink shops is absolutely forbidden. It may be
added that for a woman to enter a public-house in Canada is to write
herself down as a pariah. No Canadian woman could enter a public-house
without being regarded as outside the ranks of decent society. As a
matter of fact, except perhaps in Vancouver and one or two other
cosmopolitan ports, no woman does enter a public-house. There is less
drunkenness, perhaps, in Canada than in any other country of the world,
and the attitude of Canadians with regard to women and drink contributes
undoubtedly towards the general sobriety of the country. In Ontario
entire prohibition of the drink trade prevails in many towns under the
Local Option Law. Public-houses are closed, as in Scotland, from
Saturday to Monday. Most of the great hotels are run on temperance
lines. Canada realises that its greatest asset is the working capacity,
the alert intelligence, and the moral character of its people. It sets
its face against drunkenness and other vices that depreciate the value
of its human assets.
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