1. War on the Canadian Homefront
S. Todd
CHC 2DI

2. Total War
War is seen as a total effort by the whole country, not just the soldiers on the front in Europe

3. Total War
Fuel and food were scarce and Canadians were asked to conserve
Honour rationing, “meatless” and “fuelless” days, no alcohol

4. Financing Victory Bonds
-Canadians bought bonds and then received their money back (plus interest) after the war
Income Tax
-3% tax as a “temporary” measure in 1917 to help pay for war
-at end of war, still $2 billion debt

5. Manufacturing and Supply
Imperial Munitions Board
-organized factories and production
-factories were made to produce products and materials for war
-Canada made 1/3 of the shells used by the Allies
-huge growth of industrial workforce to produce for the war

6. Manufacturing and Supply
Sam Hughes (Minister of Militia)
-controversial
-profiteering – made deals with
buddies to produce inferior war
products and profited from them
(Ross rifle, cardboard in boots,
$170 million spent…$5.5 million
in goods received

7. Women During WWI Some went to the frontlines to serve as nurses
Women who stayed on the homefront began to work in factories
-discovered that it wasn’t “too hard”
This gives them time to meet and organize for suffrage (the right to vote)

8. Women’s Suffrage
Canadian women gained the right to vote in a sporadic fashion:
In the controversial Wartime Elections Act of 1917, the federal vote was extended to women in the armed forces, and to female relatives of military men (helped Borden)
1918, all female citizens aged 21+ became eligible to vote in federal elections
Women weren’t able to vote in all provinces until 1940!

9. Advice from the Canadian Government
Use nut-butter or margarine (not butter)
Remake leftover bread into new bread, cake or pudding
Instead of one beefless day, why not try for six to make up for the people who are less patriotic?
Eat as little cake and pastry as you can
Use oats, corn, barley, and rye instead of wheat

10. Advice from the Canadian Government
Use ham and pork bones in other dishes
Chew your food thoroughly – you will be satisfied with less
All kinds of cold cereal can be saved to be rolled into balls and fried
Cut each slice of bread as required
Mix your own cleansers (baking soda, vinegar, soap, chalk)

11. Advice from the Canadian Government
11. $50 million is thrown away in wasted food annually 12. Do not display the roast on meat on the table – it make you want to eat more than you need 13. Do not eat both butter and jam with bread