Ludger Dionne (March 1, 1888 – June 4, 1962) was a Canadian businessman and a politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauce in the House of Commons of Canada from 1945 to 1949.
[1] When faced with a worker's strike in his rayon mill in 1947, Dionne went to Poland and "hired" 100 Polish Catholic women and emigrated them to Canada to work as either nuns or to work in his rayon mill.
[2] When Dionne returned to Canada, the striking workers protested to the Canadian government about the immigrants stealing their jobs.
[3] Outraged by Dionne's actions, the Canadian Parliament voted on June 21, 1947, to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees.
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