HIST 242 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Albert Goodwin, Gideon Robertson, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
3 Oct 2016
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On easter weekend 1918, quebec city was the scene of one of the most violent civil disturbances in canadian history, causing important destruction of property and about. 150 casualties the easter riots were a reaction against the enforcement of the military service act (msa), which the canadian government had proclaimed into law in august 1917 to impose compulsory military service, or conscription, in canada. The government"s response was firm and immediate, they deployed over 6000 soldiers, most of them conscripts to montreal and quebec to maintain order. It was, at the time, the largest military force ever assembled in aid to the civil powers in. Canada. the canadian government viewed anti-conscription rioting in quebec city as a grave problem. Paying close attention to the situation in quebec, the government worried that dissatisfaction with conscription might ultimately culminate in a province-wide uprising. Gb declared war on germany and its allies on august 4, 1914.
