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Regulation 17 contributed to the tensions surrounding the 1917 conscription crisis and further alienated French Canadians in Québec and Ontario from Prime Minister Robert Borden’s Conservative government.
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In Ottawa, people filled the streets and sang O Canada as the Governor General's Foot Guards Marched.
British, French and Irish paraded the streets of Champlain together.
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Women worked in high numbers in farming, factories, banking, nursing and other jobs that needed help during the war.
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The crime rate dropped, and arrests for drunkenness decreased dramatically.
Provincial governments realized that they were losing millions of dollars in potential taxes on liquor sales.
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Only 24,132 conscripted men made it to the battlefields of the Western Front, compared to the more than 400,000 who volunteered throughout the war.
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A workers rights protest of 30 000 people went on strike in Winnipeg. On June 21st the protests became violent when the RCMP hurt 30 and killed 2 protestors.
Economic -
After spending so much on the war, Great Britain no longer had the spending power to be our primary trading partner. The US stepped into that role by opening many factories in Canada.
Economic -
The two primary objectives of the residential schools system were to remove and isolate children from the influence of their homes, families, traditions and cultures, and to assimilate them into European colonial culture.
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Their decision was based on the premise that the BNA Act had to be interpreted the same way in 1928 as in 1867, when the Act was passed. It was generally accepted that in 1867, “persons” would have included men only.
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"The word ‘persons’ in sec. 24 does include women, and that women are eligible to be summoned to and become members of the Senate of Canada.”
Political/Social