War is a horrible, destructive thing. What some people do not comprehend is, in war, consequences occur for everyone. Not only are the parties involved impacted, but almost everything else is influenced by the cancerous reach of war. The influence of war isn’t a positive thing either, everything can potentially be negatively impacted by its call, and for this, no war should be considered worth the effort. A good example of this is WW1, in which almost every aspect Canadian life was influenced by the war one way or another. WW1 lasted 4 years, and in this time period over 32 countries got involved in the conflict. Out of the countries the repercussions of the War affected, the primitive and young Canada suffered great negative impacts. One can …show more content…
When the war was raging on, the economy in Canada improved and companies received some good profits, but over time, workers began to feel undervalued and under credited. While companies, corporations and higher ups were making a pretty profit from the war, the workers were working hard earning low wages in poor working conditions. Near the end of WW1, labour activism in Canada became much more radical and progressive. In Winnipeg, western labour leaders formed the One Big Union (OBU), with the goal of opposing the government and the Trades and Labour foundations who were allowing such disagreeable conditions. Thousands of workers joined the OBU, despite unions being illegal at the time. Not long after this, much like the conscription crisis, riots and strikes broke out. In May of 1919, the OBU called a general strike where over 30,000 workers walked off the job. Well this may seem alright, many of these strikes ended just like the conscription ones, in bursts of violence and bitterness. For example in June of 1919, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stormed a protest of striking workers in Downtown Winnipeg who had become aggressive. The government was afraid that this event was going to end up much like the Bolshevik revolution, in which the “ineffective” provisional government was overthrown. This event occurred only 2 years beforehand, so …show more content…
These points suitably illustrate this fact, and they properly demonstrate just how many things the consequences of war can actually effect. These three points illustrate a destructive and negative side to the consequences of the War in Canada. One can see by examining the War’s influence on soldiers, the War’s influence on French-English relations, and the War’s influence on workers, that WW1 did more harm than it did good for Canada. War is never worth it, as we’ve seen many people are injured and killed, families are split and lost, and often much violence occurs, all so countries and leaders can dispute their problems. There are peaceful ways to dispute these issues and problems as well, making war essentially just senseless violence. As John Steinbeck said, “all war is just a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking