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The Conscription Crisis

Canada's Great War by Craig Baird / Curiouscast

Apr 10, 202322:46Society & Culture

With casualty numbers mounting and recruit numbers declining, the government of Sir Robert Borden began to implement conscription. To do so, his government weighted the 1917 election in their favour, and nearly broke Can...

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The Conscription Crisis is an episode from Canada's Great War by Craig Baird / Curiouscast. With casualty numbers mounting and recruit numbers declining, the government of Sir Robert Borden began to implement conscription. To do so, his gov...

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Published Apr 10, 2023, 22:46 long, audio available.

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