Examines the emergence of a distinct Canadian capitalism from the Royal Proclamation of 1763 (that in part established a system to appropriate Indigenous homelands) to our contemporary moment. Topics include racialized chattel slavery, the creation of private property, treaties and treaty rights, industrialisation and workers’ rights, class and soldiers in the two world wars, labour movements and general strikes, class-based eugenics movements, policing, and the struggles of Indigenous land and water defenders.