After two tense months of daily and disruptive protesting, the relief camp strikers decided to take their grievances to the federal government and embarked on the On-to-Ottawa Trek, but their protest was put down by force.
Nakon dva mjeseca svakodnevnih i burnih protesta, štrajkaši iz kampova odlučili su svoje žalbe izložiti saveznoj vladi te su pošli na takozvani "Put za Ottawu" (On-to-Ottawa Trek), ali njihov protest nasilno je spriječen.