Word: quebecs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...greatest pressure of all came from rank-&-file members of Mr. King's own Liberal Party. To Ottawa they had brought sobering news from every English-speaking province. In caucus, they told the Prime Minister that the people were outraged. The voters were asking: Does Quebec rule Canada...
This time Mr. King pleased practically no one. The Government had produced another half-measure. Canadians outside Quebec, noting all the "ifs," wondered whether the Government really intended sending any zombies overseas...
They reacted vigorously. Air Minister Charles Gavan Power, a shrewd Quebec politician and one of the ablest Cabinet Ministers, submitted his resignation at once. Four French-speaking Liberals (Jean-François Pouliot, Wilfrid LaCroix, Charles E. Parent, Maurice Bourget), strode across the floor to join the Opposition. M. LaCroix cried: "Trahison!" (Treason!) at Mr. King as he went...
Only the Beginning. In Quebec draft-age youths paraded, sang A Bas la Conscription! (Down with Conscription!) to the tune of God Save the King, and tore down Union Jacks. But generally, French Canadians heeded the timely and wise admonition of Quebec's Premier Maurice Duplessis: ". . . Have respect for the laws." There were some disturbances elsewhere. In six British Columbia towns, drafted troops of the Pacific Command paraded noisily and shouted: "This is only the beginning. Blame the Government!" They had just learned they were to be among the first to go overseas. At Vernon, B.C., the soldiers mauled...
...months, the No. 1 spiritual adviser to Quebec's isolationist-minded millions had been very close to the war. As Military Vicar of all Roman Catholics in Canada's armed forces, His Eminence Jean Marie Rodrigue Cardinal Villeneuve had toured battlefronts, talked to fighting men of all ranks. Last week a big Lancaster brought him home...