PPT-Conscription Crisis in Canada

1917 C onscription compulsory military service Britain and New Zealand had both already enacted conscription measures So too did the United States when they entered the war in April 1917 . What is conscription?. Conscription is being drafted into the armed forces. 1914—Prime Minister Borden promised there would be no conscription. 1917—Borden announced there would be conscription. WHAT CHANGED?. Conscription- . A plan created by the government to force citizens to join the armed forces.. The Beginning of WWI. Recall – At the start of WW1, many people volunteered to fight in the Canadian army.. 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. War on the Home Front. Support for the War Effort. People on the home front were encouraged . to . make . sacrifices to ensure victory in Europe. Victory Gardens. ate less meat, sugar, butter, bread so soldiers would have enough. How Canada handled the problem of dwindling enlistments. Conscription. For the first three years of the war, the Canadian government relied on volunteers to fight. At the start of the war, most able bodied men rushed to volunteer to fight so that they could have the opportunity to travel overseas. Some Background. Regulation 17 – Ontario Ministry of Education, French language instruction limited to the first two years of instruction (1912/1913). Quebec had no particular loyalty to either France or Britain. Isolationism. SS ST. Louis and Jewish Refugees. Parliament Votes for War. Mobilizing for War. British Commonwealth Air Training Program. Canada’s 1930s Policy on Isolationism. The policy of keeping out of foreign affairs. Central Planning . PM King’s cabinet included C.D. Howe, a former businessperson who could get factories running. Industry leaders were picked to turn Canada into an industrial war machine. Paying for War. Conscription Crisis. King. . promised= . no . conscription. Germany quickly occupied much of Europe. 1940- National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA). Government could mobilize. =. . conscription (home . Miscellaneous. Camp X. British, Canadians, and Americans . Farmhouse on the shores of Lake Ontario near Oshawa. 1941-1944. Special Training Camp #103. One of the most secret projects of the war. First wartime spy training camp in North America. Australia’s involvement in World War I. As the news came from Gallipoli that more troops were needed on the Front, the call for recruits was sent out across the Empire.. Britain passed laws to introduce conscription in January 1916. Australian Prime Minister Billy Hughes wanted to follow suite and held the first referendum to poll the Australian population in October 1916. The voting was close a NO vote was passed.. 2. Canada Emerges in . the 20th . Century. The War at Home. A Brief Review. Sam Hughes. Poor administrator. Awarded expensive military contracts to friends.. Responsible for Ross Rifle fiasco, poor quality shells that exploded in artillery. The . Homefront. War Measures Act. Censorship & Propaganda. Conscription Crisis . “Enemy Alien” internment. Role of Women . War Measures Act. August 22, 1914: War Measures Act. Canada passed the War Measures Act in order to provide the government with new and intrusive powers to prosecute the war. . The outbreak of war threatened Canada with economic crisis. Existing manufacturing orders were cancelled, some . factories . shutdown. , and construction halted on many pre-war civilian projects. . Some feared that war would cause the collapse of Canada’s already fragile economy. .