Word: dominione
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...campaign had been fought almost solely over one supercharged issue: the Dominion Government's policy of partial military conscription. The Liberal candidate was the man charged with making that policy work: National Defense Minister Andrew G. L. McNaughton. The voters had heard Tory orators toss flat charges of inadequate reinforcements and shipboard mutinies among draftees. General McNaughton had denounced such stories as "lies," and three times Prime Minister King had asked for McNaughton's election. The riding had returned Liberals to Parliament in 1935 and 1940. But this time it was different...
Canada's Government had tried to solve its November reinforcements crisis (TIME, Nov. 13 et seq.) by adopting partial conscription: at least 16,000 of the Dominion's 60,000-odd home-defense draftees would be compelled to serve overseas; 5,000 would be sent in December, 5,000 in January, 6,000 in succeeding months. The commitments had been met, General McNaughton now admitted, only because the Government had anticipated substantial desertions, had moved enough troops to ports to "insure embarkation of a full complement of reinforcements." Undeniable was the fact that thousands of Canadian draftees simply...
...hurried to Canada for advice and help. Into the Dominion this week went three members of the U.S. War Manpower Commission. Washington was getting ready to adopt a work-or-fight law (see U.S. at War); Canada had had one since 1942. The commissioners wanted to see for themselves how Canada's system works. At Ottawa they were to get an overall view. Then they could visit Toronto, Hamilton, Montreal to see how the system works in the field...
Canada's National Selective Service Act gives the Government control over all Canadian men & women between 16 and 65. Under the law, the armed services get first pick of the Dominion's men; those left over are automatically mobilized into the civilian army. All workers are registered and their skills classified. Lowest classifications: bartenders, florists, taxi men, candy salesmen, etc. Many cannot quit a job without permission. No one can even advertise for a job, or for a worker, without a permit. N.S.S. Director Arthur MacNamara (also Deputy Minister of Labor) is empowered to shift any worker...
Last week Gallup pollsters reported: 1) 90% of Canadians want the Dominion to join a security organization; 2) 76% approve participation by Canadians in an international police force; 3) but only 39% approve participation while Canada, as a small nation, lacks a permanent seat on the council that controls the police...