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Where and when did the children organize a series of demonstrations against the increase in the price of sweets?

After the Second World War, fixed military prices for consumer goods were unfrozen in Canada, which led to inflation. In the spring of 1947, the price of a candy bar in stores jumped from 5 cents to 8 cents at once, which led to mass discontent among children. First, a few schoolchildren staged a protest outside a store in a small town in the east of the country, and then the baton of boycotts and demonstrations was picked up by hundreds and thousands of children across Canada.

The sweets manufacturers responded with newspaper articles claiming that the actions were the work of the communists, who had recruited child leaders to wreak havoc in society. The calculation turned out to be correct: if at first adults supported the initiatives of children, since they themselves were dissatisfied with inflation, then after publications in the media, parents and teachers began to prohibit youth from participating in demonstrations.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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