The Socialist Party believes the Conscription Act to be contradictory to the ideals of freedom put forth in the Constitution, which the US is based upon, and therefore should be abolished.
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Conscription would have minimal impact on Canada’s war effort. By the Armistice in November 1918, only 48,000 conscripts had been sent overseas, half of which ultimately served at the front. More than 50,000 more conscripts remained in Canada. These would have been required had the war continued into 1919.
