Conscientious Objectors Why When National Division End of the War 1914 Prime Minister Borden Promised there would be no conscription or compulsory enlistment BUT Needed more men for the war effort ID: 246687
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Conscription in WWI Canada
Conscientious Objectors
Why When
National Division
End of the WarSlide2
1914 Prime Minister Borden
Promised there would be no conscription or compulsory enlistment
BUT........
Needed more men for the war effortEx. Vimy Ridge CampaignSlide3
1917 Military Service Act
Made enlistment for military service mandatory
Conscription is called the Draft in the USSlide4
Exceptions
AT FIRST...
The Act Allowed for exemptions:
DisabledClergyEssential jobs/skillsOpposed war for religious reasonsConscientious objectorsSlide5
Groups to
Oppose ConscriptionSlide6
Conscientious Objectors
Those who Opposed the war on religious or moral grounds
Pacifists
Mormons“Hippie”Slide7
Farmers and Factory Workers
Both groups believed they were already working for the war effort
Farms a family business, and sons needed on the farm
Factory workers did not want to give up their jobs to go overseasSlide8
Labour Movement
Groups organized to improve conditions for workers
Ex. 8 HOUR Day
Workers already finding it hard to provide for familiesConscription would mean workers make even lessSlide9
Quebec
Felt little to no connection to Britain or France
Military Service Act forcing them to fight distant war
Language Rights lost outside QuebecMajority farmersMinority group in the warSlide10
Liberal Party Leader Laurier
The “law of the land...declares that no man in Canada shall be subjected to compulsory military service except to repel invasions or for the defense of the country”Slide11
First Nations of Canada
some band councils refused to
support unless
Great Britain acknowledged their bands' status as independent nationsSome upset that a country which denies them fundamental rights at home, would also ask them to fight and die for that countrySlide12
Groups to Support ConscriptionSlide13
Women Connected to Soldiers
Fathers, sons, husbands, brothers at war and in need of help
Theories:
Helped to promote the vote for womenFree up jobs for womenSlide14
The Government
Men needed for
Vimy
RidgeBritain controls Canada's foreign policyRole in war helps to promote Canadian autonomySlide15
The Armed Forces
Needed more men
High death tolls
Vimy Ridge100 days campaignSlide16
The Khaki Election of 1917
Conscription the main issue in 1917 election
Called Khaki because of the attempts to win the support of people serving during the war
Borden passed laws to ensure a WIN!Slide17Slide18
Military Voters Act 1917
Allowed men and women overseas to vote
They would side with Borden because he wanted conscription and they wanted more troopsSlide19
Wartime Elections Act 1917
Gave the Vote to all Canadian women related to servicemen
Husbands
FathersBrotherssonsCancelled the vote for
consciences objectors
Immigrants from enemy countries in past 15 yearsSlide20
Conscription Protests Continue
After election, people of Quebec continue to protest
“A bas Borden”- Down with Borden
Canadian troops vs French Canadians who refuse to enlistSlide21
Conscription Riots
Quebec City Easter weekend 1918
April 1 four protesters shot and killed by soldiers
10 soldiers woundedSlide22
Conscription Numbers
401 882 Canadians conscripted
125 000 enlisted
25 000 reached France before end of war