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Canada in WWI
Canada entered the war on August 10, 1914, sending 25 000
volunteers with a promise from Britain that they would return home by
Christmas. However, when the war began to escalate Canada sent more troops
to Europe. Meanwhile, the economy at home was forced to change in order to
accommodate the war. On the "Home Front" as it was known, Canada was going
though the greatest economic chan ....
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.... therefore had to do with less. During this time the government
expenditures on the war were enormous. The war was costing Canadians a
million dollars per day. For a country of only eight million this was an
extremely large burden. In order to raise funds, the government introduced
income tax, and sales tax and luxury tax. They also borrowed money from the
people through Victory Bonds.
When the last shot was fired in World War 1 on November 11, 1918,
Canada had ....
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