Pros And Cons Of Conscription

Conscription was a fierce debate that hit Canadians from coast to cost. Almost 400,000 troops were sent at the beginning of WW1. As Canadians troops were fighting in Europe statistics of deaths and enlistment rate attention of the Sir Robert Borden’s administration. They saw that as casualties increased enlistments decreased, most likely the fault of newspaper casualty publications. There was no better opportunity for Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden to push for conscription. Many Canadians agreed with this but many others opposed it such as French-Canadians, as well as many farmers, unionized workers, non-British immigrants. The conscription debate raged through 1917 and 1918. The required legislation, The Military Services Act, made it’s