English And French Relations I

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and Alberta, Clifford Sifton essentially forced Laurier to abandon it because Sifton desired to make Canada an English nation. Sifton's "white mans Canada" offended French, Blacks Asians, and others alike. French Canadians began to feel that Quebec was the only place their language and culture would be tolerated. The stage was set for unrest and discontentment in the future.
With the onset of World War I, French and English Canadians learned about their different priorities, and loyalties. The francophones were highly opposed to a war that supported Britain, still their nemesis in their opinion. Francophone soldiers were rare, and francophones remained unhappy with the battle to receive French language education in Ontario and the West. In 1917, the conscription crisis emerged for Quebec, as French speakers had no feelings of loyalty as much of Ontario and the West did. In the interwar period, the threat of merging Canadianism and Americanism alienated francophones ...

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