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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.
With the Conscription Crisis of 1917 in full swing, Prime Minister Robert Borden was anxious to produce a solution to the manpower problem that Canada had been experiencing as the war drew on. With the main opposition to conscription coming from his French-speaking ministers, the Prime Minister favoured the creation of a coalition government of ...
The Act became a major issue in the 1917 Canadian federal election, with English Canada broadly in support of conscription while French Canada and agricultural workers in the west largely opposed it. The conscription issue was largely responsible for the re-election of Borden's government. [10]
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 .
July 1: Canada celebrates its 50th Dominion Day. August: The government introduces conscription triggering the Conscription Crisis of 1917; September 20: The Income War Tax Act receives royal assent, establishing a "temporary" tax, which remains in force to this day. [2] September 20: The Wartime Elections Act gives female relatives of ...
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Ultimate constitutional power in Canada lies with Governor General Mary Simon, who is the personal representative of King Charles, the head of state. She can in theory remove Trudeau, but in real ...
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 ...