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Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first (www.yacnews.com)
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Europe to the world: ‘Canada is with us’ as it joins defence alliance in historic first

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[–] 40 points 4 months ago (14 children)

I know this is official, but the headline reads as if Canada never helped in the World Wars.

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  • [+] -37 points 4 months ago* (13 children)

    Technically we didn't really as we where not a country. We had to join cause the UK joined.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Holy shit, is Canadian history education this bad? Go to school.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Getting downvoted because history lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Wait, are you saying Auli is getting downvoted even though they're right? Because what they are saying is NOT true for WWII.

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  • [–] -2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    They are just saying the UK pulled us into war when it was within their jurisidiction to do so. They arent passing any judgement on the valor or sacrifice of our forces.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    Tell that to all the young Canadian men who never got to grow old. Many of our highschools have huge war memorials b/c entire generation of teenagers who used to attend highschools - died in WW2.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    That's WW1, bro.

    Canada declared war in WW2 a week (to the day, iirc) after the UK. It was a deliberate political move by King, particularly due to the legacy of the Conservatives forcing conscription on Quebec after running on "no conscription" as a policy platform, permanently damaging the Cons electability in Quebec. By putting the view to parliament, and not whipping the Liberals to view fire declaring war, insulated the Liberals from political backlash from Quebec and asserted Canada's independence as a nation (which plays well in Quebec, in particular, ironically.)

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