World+War+Two+Essays

__**Discuss the political, social, and economic impacts of World War II on Canada.**__

__**Political Changes**__ Conscription - National Resources Mobilization Act was created to conscript men older than 18- First it was for home defence, but then we sent them overseas.

The parliament took a week to decide if Canada should declare war on Germany. They didn't automatically join Britain.

Increased income tax

Froze wages to stop going into dept.

__**Social Changes**__ Conscription- The vote for conscription called a plebiscite divided the French and English speaking community because Quebec was the only province that had the majority vote against the idea conscription all the other provinces were for conscription.

Japanese Canadians were sent to internment camps.

- War brides and children immigrated into Canada in large numbers along with the surviving soldiers

Immigration- War brides from Holland immigrated to Canada after marrying Canadians soldiers and having children with them during the war.

Canada created the first financial aid.


 * Major division/conflict between French and English Canadians.


 * RCAF** (//Royal Canadian Air Force//):
 * Women are included (But this was later in the war)
 * They ferried bombers to Britain
 * 215,000+ enlisted in RCAF
 * 35 Canadian squadrons
 * Night bombings over Germany

Japanese were discriminated and sent to live in the interior

__**Economic Changes**__ Many various jobs were created for production to support the war.

Propaganda was again used to get people to support to war ( to buy victory bonds or enlist in the army)

During the war Canada gave the allies billions of dollars in financial aid

Higher production of supplies for allies.

To what extent did World War One and World War Two have a negative impact on Canada?


 * || Pros || Cons ||
 * WW1 || - Canada became an autonomous nation ||  ||
 * WW2 || * the economy started to rise after the great depression because of WW2 || * the nation divided because of conscription (English and French)
 * Innocent Japanese Canadians were sent to internment camps
 * WWI - Praire Drought (Dust Bowl) ||
 * WW2 - Women had better identity WW2 - Discrimination of Japanese Canadians
 * WWII- Ogdensburg Agreement-Made us closer allies with US
 * WWII- Canada begins its welfare systems ( unemployment insurance, family allowance)
 * WWII- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan provided allies with 130,000+ trained air crew
 * Liberated Netherlands