Episode 299: Hostages of Our Good Faith

The Nations of Canada by Greg Koabel

Apr 29, 202643:03Society & Culture

1917. After touring the battlefield at Vimy, Prime Minister Robert Borden determines that conscription is necessary to maintain the Canadian Corps, sparking Canada's most divisive debate since Confederation. Become a sup...

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