HIST 203 Lecture : 1867 february 28th.odt
5 Apr 2012
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On may 18th 1917, prime minister borden addressed the house of commons reporting the work he had done at the conference in london. He explained that the voluntary system had failed and that a compulsory system would have to be implemented as the liberty of canadians was at stake. In july 1917, the government passed conscription (many people ran to the woods in order to avoid conscription) Bourassa argued that the conscription law was an open invitation to popular uprising. Quebec conservatives left their party and voted with the liberals, opposing conscription. In december a canadian federal election took place, this is where women get the vote for the first time believing that they would side with conscription and the war effort. Borden took the right to vote away from citizens of enemy origin who had arrived after 1902. Bourassa and laurier were freely linked to the german cause.
