French Canadians
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My name is Jacques Pierre and I am a french Canadian. Borden has informed us that he wants men in Canada to fight in the military and help Britain fight Germany from becoming a German empire. I strongly disagree with this option because I do not want to get involved in this war. If the English Canadians want to fight this war they shouldn't drag us french Canadians into this fight. I don't feel like I owe the Canadian government anything for the fact that they do nothing for us. I am not interested in fighting Britain's war and they shouldn't order us to help them fight because we already have problems of our own in our economy. America has it right for not getting involved. We should only fight wars in where Canada is threatened instead of wasting all our money and goods on other countries.
Borden promised that there will be no conscription in Canada but he broke his promise. The Canadian government is corrupt by not keeping their promises. The English Canadians want us to understand them and be apart of their society but how can we do that if you are forcing us into war and denying our wishes? Even if all the men go to war, who will keep the country in order and support our families? I feel as though I am not loyal to Britain because they have not done anything for us french Canadians. Most of the English Canadians want to fight this war so they can gain their independence but I believe that there are peaceful solutions and other opportunities to ask for our independence instead of going through all this trouble and risking our soldier's lives.
Borden promised that there will be no conscription in Canada but he broke his promise. The Canadian government is corrupt by not keeping their promises. The English Canadians want us to understand them and be apart of their society but how can we do that if you are forcing us into war and denying our wishes? Even if all the men go to war, who will keep the country in order and support our families? I feel as though I am not loyal to Britain because they have not done anything for us french Canadians. Most of the English Canadians want to fight this war so they can gain their independence but I believe that there are peaceful solutions and other opportunities to ask for our independence instead of going through all this trouble and risking our soldier's lives.
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I also think the IDEA of conscription is absurd. Even if you conscript Canadian men to fight for Britain, they would not fight as well as the men who want to fight this war. We are basically sending our soldiers to fight for a war that they don't believe in. Personally, I would want to fight a war that I believe in with pride instead of being forced to fight. Is this what our Canadian identity is? A dictatorship where our soldiers don't fight with pride? I would be ashamed to be a Canadian is that were true. I am against conscription.
By: saamanthy Rajadurai