wilfred laurier

Wilfred Laurier, at the beginning of the twentieth century, predicted that “The next hundred years would belong to Canada.” I believe Wilfred was correct; the twentieth century did indeed belong to Canada. The Canadians and the Canadian/British allied forces had many victories, Canadian born people who grew up to change the world and many other events prove that Canada owned the twentieth century. Many consider the victory at Vimy Ridge in 1917 a defining moment for Canada. Although it was a great victory, many Canadian lives were lost. But even with the many losses it also earned our troops a great reputation and the win encouraged Canadians that Canadians were capable of greatness. To capture Vimy ridge soldiers underwent weeks of planning and training resulting in their win, and was the first time all four Canadian divisions attacked together. Men from all regions of Canada were fighting at Vimy. Brigadier-General A.E Ross said after the war , “in those few minutes I witnessed the birth of a nation”

Agnes Campbell Macphail was born in grey county, Ontario in 1890 and was 31 when first elected into parliament. In 1921 Agnes was the first woman to be elected to the Canadian House of Commons, and was the first woman to be a member of parliament in Canada. she was also the first woman appointed as a member of a Canadian delegation to the League of Nations, where she was an active member of the World Disarmament Committee. She was elected the first president of the Ontario CCF when it was established in 1932, and was a major influence in the establishment of the Archambault Commission on prison reform in 1935. Years later She was first elected to the Ontario Legislative Assembly in 1943, becoming one of the two first women to be elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She was defeated in the Ontario election in 1945. But was re-elected to the OLA in 1948. Agnes macpail once said “If the preservation of the home means the