HIST 325 Lecture Notes - War Measures Act, Enemy Alien, Henri Bourassa
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Review: canadian response to the great war: the politics of entering a war. New prime minister, robert border (first nova scotian pm) 1910 quebec nationalist henri bourassa opposed the laurier government"s naval. Bill: cabinet to turn over its proposed canadian navy to british admiralty without the permission of parliament. 1911 robert borden"s conservative party anti-laurier"s free trade with us proposal; succeeded in winning the federal election of 1911: end of the laurier era; borden the wartime pm. The great war : canada automatically at war august 1914; most canadians enthusiastic; French canada too, if no compulsory service: easy to recruit; 1916 borden promised total of 500000 troops. Canada"s population was only 7 million: conscription needed in 1917 to make up the numbers; formed a coalition government to achieve; conscription resulted in internal dissent (french- & English canada: domestic industry flourished; canada recognized. Lecture: enemy aliens in canada, wwi (aug. 1914-nov. 1918) Hungarians, czechs, romanians, poles, ukrainians in canada became enemy.
