HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Quebec French, English Canada, Jazz Age
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Creating sharp divisions between english-speaking canadians, who tended to support the practice, And then later no one wanted to fight, and everyone asked for exemption. Only 7 percent said that they wanted to fight. If french canada did not want to fight it had to be force to with conscription. In montreal 93 percent of the men who were drafted asked for an exemption. In quebec there would be little healing for conscription, they have been lied to, anti- French and anti-catholic propaganda, they have been deprived of their rights from. They have been humiliated by english canada. Quebec made little attempt to protect its autonomy in provincial and economic matters. The idea of a navy was thrown out. Laurier government introduced legislation to establish a canadian navy. The bill called for the establishment of a canadian navy. Many conservatives thought that canada could best strengthen imperial naval defence by a making a direct cash contribution to the british government.
