In contrast, definitions and meanings of race and ethnicity “constantly change, reflecting the changing dynamics of gender, race/ethnicity, and class relations over time” (Ng 107). There is therefore a relationship between class and ethnicity (Ng 108). In Canada, the desired “race” and, therefore, the upper socioeconomic class in Canada was white, Anglo-Saxons. The “others” were typically Southern and Eastern Europeans, Jews, Asians, and Blacks. British citizens were the preferred immigrants because they embodied the ideal citizen of the (white, Anglo-Saxon) nation-state. It was a known fact that the Canadian government “would seek only those vigorous northern races who were culturally sound and who could readily conform to the norms of Anglo-Canadian life” (Avery 93). This racial advantage allowed them much power to influence work, social, and political life” (Avery 95). The Jewish class struggle was largely due to their ethnicity. Although the strike was strongly supported by the Jewish community, most English Canadians, on the other hand, were unwilling to support the cause (Frager 146). This is because “English Canadians were often intensely ethnocentric and suspicious of foreigners” (Frager 146). This was a particularly strong feeling towards Jewish immigrants in