War Measures Act In Canada Essay

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Canada got involved because of Great Britain declaring war against Germany on August 14, 1914. Since Canada was still part of British Dominion at time, so Canada is obligated to join the war and help Great Britain. Canada send 600,000 men and women in war like nurses, soldiers, chaplains. They let the non-white people and born in enemy nation join the war. So, they called it white man’s war, until 1915 when they allowed 3,500 first nations to join the war. Many Canadians thinks of it as an adventure until they witnessed how deadly it is. Although, Canada win the most of their they still suffered a huge loss in the battle ypres where the first used of gas happened. Allied soldiers don’t know what to react to the situation and there’s a more than …show more content…

obvious what will people choose. The War Measures Act has also negative effect on Canada because it gives the power to the police to arrest people without laying charges and anyone who’s looking suspicious or a threat to the government could be imprison or deported. Any immigrants from Germany or Austria-Hungary were being treated badly just because they are from different the enemy countries. Second, Canada already has a debt even before the war starts and it just got worse when the war starts. A drought happened which lead to a loss in wheat crops, causing farmer to lose money more than they expected. The 50,000 people who work on the railway lost their jobs because of Canada’s railway debt. The women had to work because most of the men were sent in the war and in order to keep the economy working. After the war ended Canada ended up having a huge debt and had to pay $164 million per year to pay off their debt. Plus, when all the soldiers came back, they were out of job. Many soldier who used to work on farm went back and some of them were looking for a job in the factory. This resulted many years of

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