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Canada. Military Service Council

A wartime Canadian government body rather than a single writer, this council produced forceful 1917 arguments for conscription and national service during World War I. Its surviving pamphlets offer a direct window into the politics, pressure, and public messaging of the era.

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For the defence of Canada

For the defence of Canada

by Canada. Military Service Council

About the author

Canada's Military Service Council was a government body created during the First World War, not an individual author. It is credited with works such as For the Defence of Canada and The Military Service Act; Its Meaning and Effect, both published in 1917 as Canada debated conscription.

These publications were part of the official case for compulsory military service. Read today, they show how the Canadian state explained the war, appealed to duty, and tried to persuade a divided public at a tense moment in the country's history.

Because this "author" was a council rather than a person, there is no personal life story in the usual sense. What makes the name notable is the historical record it left behind: concise, highly charged documents from the heart of Canada's 1917 conscription crisis.