1. Mackenzie King and Minorities
... Mackenzie King had to deal with different minority groups during his term, and while attempting to keep them happy, creates the biggest shame in Canadian history. "At the outbreak of war in 1914, over 30 000 volunteers joined the army, far more than expected. These volunteers were mostly ... the man power involved in the war were French Canadians, yet forty percent of the men between eighteen and forty-five are French Canadian. So basically the English were upset with the French involvement in the war while the French Canadians were upset for being made to ... ." (Dawson, p.16) Although...
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