The Conscription Crisis occurred in 1917 over a dispute of whether men should be compulsorily enlisted to fight in the war. Throughout the early months of war, soldiers were honoured to enlist for war, and those who didn’t participate in war were considered to be cowards. However in 1916, more people had become aware of the harsh conditions and environment of war, from injured veterans returning home or from newspapers (Recruitment and Conscription - Voluntary Recruitment | Canada and the First World War). As more people learned about these unfair conditions, fewer people volunteered to sign-up for war. As a result, the replacement of soldiers needed to fight in war increased, and enlistment campaigns began to lack of volunteers (Colyer, J.
