History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Moral Police, Crimean War
6 Apr 2017
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World war 1 lecture 8, january 27, 2016. Have to get the country behind the war effort. Engage and retain the support of the population. Have to mobilize the consent of the civilian population. Also must restrict and restrain individuals who may threaten the war effort. Enables the government to do whatever it wants. Government has power, but does not have the resources to enforce this power. Orders the internment of enemy aliens in canada (germans, austrians, hungarians, (cid:862)real or apprehe(cid:374)ded (cid:449)ar, i(cid:374)(cid:448)asio(cid:374) or i(cid:374)surre(cid:272)tio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:862)for the se(cid:272)urity, defe(cid:374)(cid:272)e, pea(cid:272)e, order a(cid:374)d (cid:449)elfare of ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863) Had to be registered to the government could monitor these enemy aliens. 8,500 enemy aliens interned (placed in work camps) Viewed by some as an infringement of civil liberties. Also viewed as a wise and sensible policy (a reasonable response to an unreasonable situation) The legitimacy behind the internment policy is that these men posed a potential threat to the allied war effort.
