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* Diversity of army recruits and women becoming nurses in the military medical corps
+2 Diversity in the Canadian Military illustrated progress during the war. The army accepted men of who were French Canadian, First Nations and black. Women also played a large roles as nurses and being apart of the Red Cross. This was a breakthrough because diversity was present in a time when it was easier for white males to prosper. -
* Some soldiers lived in trenches for up to four long years, many faced mental and physical cosequences
-2 Because health care was not advanced in the early 1900s soldiers could not get the help/support they needed. For example, photographic evidence clearly shows soldiers did not get prosthetic limbs, and there was no therapy for PTSD as it was not a known condition. Young men were deceived by the recruitment posters showing war as glorious and they thought they would become men. In reality, when they arrived in France their living conditions were brutal and consisted of dirt, disease and death. -
# Dropping bombs from planes was introduced
+2 The idea of aerial bombing evolved from plane crews bringing guns aboard their aircraft to defend themselves from enemy pilots, which lead to dropping bombs from the plane.This gave Canada a distinct advantage over the Germans as planes became weapons and not just tools to gather reconnaissance. This advancement lead to the development of aircraft that were used exclusively for bombing enemy targets. -
* Female relatives of soldiers overseas were given the vote
+1 In 1917, a law was passed so women related to the men overseas with the military could vote in federal elections. This made women feel like they had a purpose and that they had gained equality. But not every women with their husband in Europe fighting in the war was included. Women in Quebec or women of colour were excluded from this law. -
$ Canada went $1.2 billion dollars in debt (over $26 billion in 2016 inflation adjusted dollars) and introduced taxes
-2 Debt was created because Canada's war budget was $720 million and the wartime industry did about $2 million of business a day. This caused the government to introduce taxes to repay the debt. In 1917, the Income War Tax Act was introduced which taxed citizens yearly incomes. -
$ The returning veterans came home unemployed and women were forced to quit their wartime jobs
-1 When soldiers went to war, the jobs they left had to be filled by women. As the men returned to Canada the unemployment rate increased and veterans did not have work. Women were asked to leave their jobs unless they were the main income of the family.This made women lose their sense of worth and importance and also lowered their self esteem. -
$ Stagnant workers wages made living during the war unaffordable.
-2 Wages earned by a majority of working Canadians could not support the cost of living during the war, when prices for necessities increased greatly because of shortages and high levels of inflation. These two issued combined led to hunger because food/produce was not as bountiful and was quickly becoming unaffordable. -
# New technologies such as radio were created
+1 New technologies like the radio and electric icebox made work for housewives easier. But not everyone could afford these new technologies, most notably new immigrants. Immigrants came to Canada looking for work and arrived with little money and were often employed in low paying jobs, making these new luxuries out of reach. -
$ Great depression reached Canada
-2 The Great Depression caused a decade of high unemployment rates which was bad for nation's economy. This was also complicated with droughts that affected agriculture in the prairie provinces. At this time many Canadians were employed in the agricultural industry. -
$ Prairie farmers faced a decline with the collapse of the wheat market
-1 Once the wheat market collapsed, farmers needed to look for jobs in urban areas. But this coincided with the crash of the financial markets. Unemployment rates were already high in the urban centres, and this was complicated by the arrival of people from rural areas. So there were no jobs for the farmers to earn money. -
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