28 Jul 1914 Jahr - WW1 Info
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Pros :
Canada started building ships, airplanes, shells.
Some resources were in high demand.
In turn this created lots of job opportunites.
Especially good for unemployed women as they assumed the usually male dominant work.
Economy boomed during the war due to demand for war supply.
This gave Canada a sense of national pride.
Was given own seat at peace conference due to contribution.
Recognised as and became independent nation.
Women had right to vote.
Cons :
61,000 canadians died.
172,000 injured.
War measures act was unfair.
More than 8500 were in isolation at internment camps.
Immigrants from Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire had to carry ID cards.
Military service act made enlistment mandatory.
It divided English and French Canadians.
In Halifax, a French vessel carrying over 2500 tonnes of explosives was hit.
The explosion devastated Halifax's harbour and levelled most of the city.
Many left homeless, 2000+ killed, 9000 injured.
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Some soldiers carried the influenza back home.
Approximately 50,000 Canadians died in 2 years from this.
Schools and public places were closed for months .
Some were required to wear masks.
Canada's debt rose from 544 million to almost 2.5 billion in 5 years.
Mostly from war loans to finance war effort.
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