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The Military Service Act, 1917 (French: Loi concernant le Service militaire) [1] was an Act passed by the Parliament of Canada which introduced conscription in the midst of the First World War. [2] It was passed due to a shortage of volunteers and was an effort to conscript more soldiers.
The Conscription Crisis of 1917 (French: Crise de la conscription de 1917) was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I.It was mainly caused by disagreement on whether men should be conscripted to fight in the war, but also brought out many issues regarding relations between French Canadians and English Canadians.
On 18 May 1917, Prime Minister Robert Borden made a speech to Parliament in support of compulsory service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, due to the losses they had sustained. The Military Service Act, 1917 was passed in Parliament on 29 August. Support for the bill split between linguistic lines, with nearly all French-speaking members of ...
The Military Voters Act (French: Loi des électeurs militaires) [11] was a 1917 act of the Parliament of Canada. The legislation was passed in 1917 during World War I , giving the right to vote to all Canadian soldiers.
The Conscription Crisis of 1917 was a political and military crisis in Canada during World War I. In the Conscription Crisis of 1918, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland government legislated for power to extend conscription to Ireland, leading to increased support for Irish nationalism. No steps were ever taken to exercise the ...
The underlying tension between French and British Canada came to national attention during World War I. [74] Prior to the war, the French Canadians did not see themselves obliged to serve the British interests. The issue reached its zenith when Canadian Prime Minister Robert Borden introduced the Canadian Military Service Act of 1917. [75]
Bermudians in the Canadian Expeditionary Force enlisted under the same terms as Canadians, and all male British Nationals resident in Canada became liable for conscription under the Military Service Act, 1917.
Military Service Acts were introduced to enact conscription: Military Service Act 1916, introduced in January 1916 in the UK during World War I; Military Service Act (Canada), introduced in Canada in 1917 during World War I; Military Service Act 1939, introduced in the United Kingdom in 1939 in the run-up to World War II