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Canada Army
The Canadian Army was not prepared to deploy the number of soldiers that volunteered for combat. -
Thomas-Louis Tremblay
22nd Battalion and French, Canadian battalion. Known as the Van Doos. -
Conscription
Conscription was instituted during the First World War. -
Francis Pegahmagabow
He is one original member of the 1st Canadian Infantry Battalion. He battled in the second conflict of Ypres in April 1915. A battle in Somme during the fall of 1916. In Ypres, the Germans let out poisonous gas and he survived. -
Leo Le Boutillier
24th Battalion. Went to Britain with 1000 other French, and Canadian volunteers for war. -
Wilfred Laurier
He was against conscription in 1916. -
Taxation
To meet the demands of the war effort Canadian Government introduced and imposed taxes on tobacco, alcohol, transportation tickets, and even basic items like coffee and tea were taxed by the end of the war. Business Profits War Tax Act was introduced in 1916. Personal income tax which was in the Income War Tax Act during 1917. -
Mistreated Canadian’s
They used the term “alien” which meant Canadians that were German or had an Austro-Hungarian background. The same act in 1917 gave women the right to vote but also took away the vote from Canadians who were Ukrainians, Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and Croatians. -
Entrance of Women in Workforce
With the introduction of conscription in 1917 by the Canadian government all men between the ages 18 and 45 had to join the army. As a result of this, this paved the way for women to enter the workforce in factories that made uniforms, boots, and munitions for the men going into the army. -
Women’s Voting Rights
Women were able to vote in 1918 if they were female relatives of soldiers and nurses actively serving overseas. This included daughters, mothers, nieces, aunts, and wives. However full voting rights to Canadian women were given in 1921. -
Frederick Banting
He and his coworker Charles Best discovered insulin. Extracted from the pancreas of an ox save a teen's life.