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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.
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 issue dominated election tactics along with the aggressive opposition to conscription from Quebec and the French-speaking Canadians. The result of the 1917 federal election saw the Unionist coalition government led by Borden receiving two-thirds of the constituencies outside Quebec, but only three seats within Quebec. [ 13 ]
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 ...
On Dec. 30, 1917, 107 years ago today, much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation was in the grips of a record-smashing cold outbreak. This outbreak didn't merely top records for a specific ...
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 rising cost of living, increasing anti-immigrant sentiment and concerns over President-elect Trump’s economic threats to Canada have all contributed to growing disillusionment with Trudeau ...
The Canadian Wartime Elections Act (French: Loi des élections en temps de guerre) was a bill passed on September 20, 1917, [1] by the Conservative government of Robert Borden during the Conscription Crisis of 1917 and was instrumental in pushing Liberals to join the Conservatives in the formation of the Canadian Unionist government. While the ...