Canada and the war: temperance and a total war effort, national selective service broadcast, December 16, 1942.

Canada and the war: temperance and a total war effort: national selective service broadcast, December 16, 1942
From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canada’s war effort as effective as possible. To every appeal, whether for fighting men, for [...]

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Canada and the war: manpower and a total war effort: national selective service broadcast

Canada and the war: manpower and a total war effort: national selective service broadcast, August 19, 1942
I am speaking to you on a memorable day. You have learned that, after long months of training, Canadian soldiers from Britain have been in action against the enemy. We know how eager the army overseas has been to [...]

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Mackenzie King: Address on the national security plebiscite, April 7, 1942

Address on the national security plebiscite, April 7, 1942
I wish to speak to you tonight, my fellow Canadians, on a matter which, at this time of war, is of first importance — of first importance to the present position of our country, and to its future security; and, therefore, of real concern to [...]

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