Conscription: The Double-edged System in Canada During World War I
In the 16th century, Canada is a colony of British Empire, which is also the first North American English dominion. During the period of World War I, Canada is brought into the war by British Empire as a member of the Allied Powers. Prime Minister Borden has published a military system, The Military Service Act, 1917, on June 11 1917. This system illustrates that “all male British subjects between the ages of 20 and 45 liable for military service and grouped potential conscripts into six categories of eligibility based on age, marital status, and parental obligation.” The men who are responsible for military will be separated into six classes. This Military Act provides more …show more content…
There are some rejections towards conscription, and it has created “deadly climax” towards Canada. French Canadians against the enlistment by saying “No conscription, no enlistments: Canada has done enough.” Not only people have courage to refuse, the province Quebec also “violently opposed conscription.” This shows that most Canadian do not agree with the conscription because it creates negative climax in the country. Also, the industry of Canada has been influenced by conscription. As millions of men are solicited to the military, there are less people working for the industry. Thus, the income of the country decreases. However, army needs a large amount of money during the war for supplement and food, so the government of Canada decides to increase the taxes in order to have enough currency. This has caused serious impacts to all classes of society and led to the “unjust, immoral, contrary to social order and destructive of all economic equilibrium.” This shows the unconstructive effect of conscription to the economy system. During the Great War, Canada has been brought into the war and men are enrolled by the act. Nevertheless, the conscription causes another labour crisis, which is the danger of famine. It is believed that “What England has most need of is not soldiers, but bread, meat and potatoes.” Therefore, Canada should not publish the Military Service Act, but “seek to stimulate agricultural production in Canada by all means at their command.” With all the evidences, conscription in 1917 produces various harmful effects to the society, economy, and industry. Canadian lives in an environment which is filled with abyss of
In the 16th century, Canada is a colony of British Empire, which is also the first North American English dominion. During the period of World War I, Canada is brought into the war by British Empire as a member of the Allied Powers. Prime Minister Borden has published a military system, The Military Service Act, 1917, on June 11 1917. This system illustrates that “all male British subjects between the ages of 20 and 45 liable for military service and grouped potential conscripts into six categories of eligibility based on age, marital status, and parental obligation.” The men who are responsible for military will be separated into six classes. This Military Act provides more …show more content…
There are some rejections towards conscription, and it has created “deadly climax” towards Canada. French Canadians against the enlistment by saying “No conscription, no enlistments: Canada has done enough.” Not only people have courage to refuse, the province Quebec also “violently opposed conscription.” This shows that most Canadian do not agree with the conscription because it creates negative climax in the country. Also, the industry of Canada has been influenced by conscription. As millions of men are solicited to the military, there are less people working for the industry. Thus, the income of the country decreases. However, army needs a large amount of money during the war for supplement and food, so the government of Canada decides to increase the taxes in order to have enough currency. This has caused serious impacts to all classes of society and led to the “unjust, immoral, contrary to social order and destructive of all economic equilibrium.” This shows the unconstructive effect of conscription to the economy system. During the Great War, Canada has been brought into the war and men are enrolled by the act. Nevertheless, the conscription causes another labour crisis, which is the danger of famine. It is believed that “What England has most need of is not soldiers, but bread, meat and potatoes.” Therefore, Canada should not publish the Military Service Act, but “seek to stimulate agricultural production in Canada by all means at their command.” With all the evidences, conscription in 1917 produces various harmful effects to the society, economy, and industry. Canadian lives in an environment which is filled with abyss of