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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[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Sorry if I'm still understanding.

We had the right to choose to join or not in WWII. The OP is saying we didn't, right? That isn't true.

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[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Also because so many young Canadian men died in that war, so it's hard to say "we didn't" and it actually be true.

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[–] CircaV@lemmy.ca 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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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 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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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 point 4 months ago

Not WW2 officially. But we would always join to protect them.

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