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The League of Nations is Formed
The League Of Nations formed after World War I, it consisted of 63 countries that came together in order to keep international peace. This organization is very important for Canada because they were given a seat separate from Great Britain in the league. Canada was recognized as its own sovereign state by the rest of the world, which helped a lot in moving away from Great Britain and becoming Independent. -
The League of Nations: Collaboration
With recognition, responsibilities came. Canada took part in peacekeeping missions as well as collaboration with countries across the globe as well. In 1929, Raoul Dandurand successfully proposed strengthening procedures that took place that looked at the treatment of linguistic and religious minorities in the eastern part of Europe. Although Canada's call to stop all exports of oil, coal and steel to Italy was rejected this still showed Canada’s independence, and confidence it had earned. -
The King-Byng Affair Begins
The King-Byng Affair started on July 2, 1926, when Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King asked Governor-General Lord Julian Byng of Vimy to dissolve the Parliament. It was a Canadian constitutional crisis pitting the powers of a prime minister against the powers of a governor-general. -
The Kyng-Byng Affair Ends
The King Byng Affair came to an end when they needed the role of governor-general throughout the Dominions of the British Empire, which became a major impetus in negotiations at Imperial Conferences held in the late 1920s that led to the adoption of the Statute of Westminster 1931. Finally, the King-Byng Affair ended with winning an eventual election and no governor-general ever again publicly refused the advice of being a prime minister. -
The Statute of Westminster is Passed
The Statute of Westminster was a British law that was on December 11, 1931. It was a law that played a major role towards Canada becoming an autonomous nation. The Statute of Westminster gave Canada and the United Kingdom’s other dominions legislative equality with Britain. Canada had full legal freedom in their country and had much more control over the laws and decisions made for the country. It allowed Canada to pass certain laws without the same approval that it needed from Britain before. -
The Statute of Westminster: New Powers for Canada
The Statute of Westminster allowed Canada new powers that it didn’t possess before. Canada could create shipping laws for vessels exporting to other countries, and create laws for the Canadian army that was serving in a different nation. The statute “gave Dominion legislatures the power to enact laws even if they violated colonial policy” (McIntosh, 2006)