Support and Opposition in Canada
The force was authorized by the Privy Council (i.e. Cabinet) on early August 1918 after Prime Minister Robert Borden's agreement to support the deployment. The departure of the troops was further delayed by unsuccessful attempts to raise a volunteer force, and there were mutinous events in Victoria prior to departure. Strong labour and public criticism of the campaign was apparent, including farmers in the prairie provinces and from the Toronto Globe newspaper.
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