HIST 242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Psychological Trauma, British Subject, Hill 62 Memorial
3 Oct 2016
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The memory of war was unable to capture fully the hearts of the immigrant community (258) The war brought new canadians no emancipation, and their patriotism did little to convince their anglo-saxon compatriots that they should be admitted to full and equal partnership in the nation. Greek, japanese, ukrainian of people or african origin were not considered equal to their comrades of british stock, despite the best efforts of the canadian legion to plead their case. Arthur parker, the secretary of winnipeg"s board of trade said that naturalized. Canadians could never achieve the same level of patriotism as the canadians born of. The 1919 amendments to the naturalization act made it virtually impossible for aliens to become naturalized (259) The war had don"t little to level the obstacles that stood in their way. Native canadians also found that reality failed to live up to the promise of the myth.
