(Disponible en français : Le Parlement se souvient) On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians will pause for a moment of silence to honour the more than 118,000 men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Formerly known as “Armistice Day”, Remembrance Day commemorates the…
Karen Norman and Mayra Perez-Leclerc Legal and Social Affairs Division On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, Canadians will pause for a moment of silence to honour the more than 118,000 men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation. Formerly known as “Armistice Day”, Remembrance Day…
(Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 3. L’embourbement) This is the third in a series of three articles. No peace in sight By the time Parliament was prorogued on 15 April 1915, about 33,000 Canadian soldiers had crossed the Atlantic. When the following session began on 12 January 1916, 60,000…
(Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 2. L’enthousiasme des débuts) This is the second in a series of three articles. Canada at war From the moment Great Britain declared war on 4 August 1914, it was clear that Canada was also at war against Germany and its allies. Not…
(Disponible en français : Le Parlement et la Première Guerre mondiale – 1. Prélude à l’orage : De la discorde à l’unité) This is the first in a series of three articles. A Canadian contribution to the Imperial Navy? At the start of the 20th century, all industrialized nations were engaged, to varying degrees, in an…