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The Military Service Act, 29 August 1917 was invoked to reinforce the CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE in France. The war was going badly, casualties were enormous, and Canada's contribution in manpower compared unfavourably with that of other countries. Voluntary enlistment had been uneven, and the military believed they could not maintain the Canadian Corps at full strength without CONSCRIPTION. Encouraged by English Canadians and the British, PM Sir Robert BORDEN introduced the Military Service Act. Riots broke out in Québec. The Act was unevenly administered, and there were numerous evasions and many exemptions. By the end of the war only 24 132 conscripts had reached the front. The Act's military value has been questioned, but its political consequences are clear. It led to Borden's Union government and drove most of his French Canadian supporters into opposition, as they were seriously alienated by this attempt to enforce their participation in an imperial war.
Author
RICHARD A. PRESTON
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