Question

During WW1 conscription became a major issue defining Canadian policy and foreign policy. What is conscription ?

Answer 1

It made all male citizens between the ages of 20 and 45 subject to military service, if called, for the duration of the war. Conscription was the main issue in the federal election that followed in December, a bitter contest between Conservative / Unionist Sir Robert Borden and Liberal Sir Wilfrid Laurier.