Halifax Explosion and Cape Breton University

Brian Douglas Tennyson: On the home front, the Halifax Explosion in 1917 contributed to the grim death toll, according to The Chronicle Herald. A generation of veterans who survived the war overseas returned to Canada physically or psychologically disabled, or both. Firstly, the loss of Canadian lives during the war was staggering. Secondly, the war prompted the conscription crisis of 1917-18, a crucial political and social development that divided Parliament between French-speaking MPs, who opposed compulsory enlistment, and their English-speaking counterparts who supported it. This outcome is examined in a limited fashion in a new book by Brian Douglas Tennyson, professor emeritus from the history and culture department at Cape Breton University. Thirdly, the conclusion of the First World War, also known as the Great War, left Canada more aligned with its neighbour on this continent, the United States, than with Mother England. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.