POLS 1400 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Cabinet Of Canada, International Criminal Court, Lloyd Axworthy
14 Jan 2018
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Chapter 10: canada"s external environment: the united states and the world. U. s. influences in defence, foreign, and border policies. After confederation, britain expected canada to offer military support regardless of whether the wars were relevant to canada. Canada"s first military engagement after receiving full autonomy was the second world war, which began in 1939. In 1940, canada and the u. s. signed the ogdensburg agreement, which set up the canada- United states permanent joint board on defence to study common defence problems of the two countries. 1941, u. s. entered the war, thus the hyde park declaration extended the planning of continental defence to cover the production of war materials. In 1949, the u. s. , canada, and most western european countries formed a new military alliance, the north atlantic treaty organization (nato) to contain the soviet union. Commitments to nato required a great increase in canadian permanent armed forces.
