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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 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 .
American upset over Canadian hostility to U.S. non-participation in World War I [18] Poster for U.S. vs Canada charity baseball game in London, U.K. [19] Prosecution's opening statement in trial of Inuk for murder on Coppermine River [20] Modern conveniences would save farm women from lifting tons of water a day [21]
The Military Voters Act was introduced in August 1917 and gave the vote to all Canadian sailors and soldiers regardless of their period of residence in the country. Notably, this even included status Indians in the military, a provision which made the 1917 election the only federal election prior to 1960 in which any status Indians could vote.
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.
Men lining up outside a recruitment tent in Toronto in 1914. The CEF was mostly volunteers; a bill allowing conscription was passed in August 1917, [1] but not enforced until call-ups began in January 1918 (see Conscription Crisis of 1917); only 24,132 conscripts ended up being sent to France to take part in the final Hundred Days campaign.
The majority of soldiers of the Canadian Corps were British-born Canadians until near the end of the war, when the number of those of Canadian birth who had enlisted rose to 51 percent. [1] They were mostly volunteers, as conscription was not implemented until the end of the war (see Conscription Crisis of 1917). Ultimately, only 24,132 ...