Canada at War
Book Details
| Title: | Canada at War | ||
| Author: |
| ||
| Published: | 1915 | ||
| Tags: | non-fiction, speech, World War I | ||
| Description: | Speeches delivered by Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden, K.C., P.O., G.C.M.G. in England, Canada, and the United States, July-December, 1915. [Suggest a different description.] |
||
| Downloads: | 102 | ||
| Pages: | 92  |
Author Bio for Borden, Sir Robert Laird
Sir Robert Borden (1854-1937) was the Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. Born and raised in Nova Scotia, he trained as lawyer and was called to the bar in 1878. By 1890 he was leading one of the top law firms in Halifax. His commitment to public service led him to seek entry to the Federal House of Commons and he was elected in 1896. Five years later he was selected to lead the Conservative party and in 1911 led the party to victory over Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals. During the next nine years as PM, he led the country through the First World War, introduced the income tax and began the nationalization of the Canadian National Railway. He was also responsible for mandatory conscription, a policy that was opposed by French-Canadians, and that legacy still reverberates through Canadian politics to this day. One of his greatest achievements was in getting Britain to recognize Canada and other colonies such as Australia and New Zealand as independent Dominions that deserved to be recognized internationally as countries in their own right and allowed Canada to sit on the new League of Nations as an independent member. He retired from politics in 1920 and served as chancellor of Queen's University from 1924 to 1930. (Canadian Encyclopedia)
Available Formats
| FILE TYPE | LINK | ||
| UTF-8 text | 20190654.txt | ||
| HTML | 20190654.html | ||
| Epub | 20190654.epub | If you cannot open a .mobi file on your mobile device, please use .epub with an appropriate eReader. | |
| Mobi/Kindle | 20190654.mobi | | Not all Kindles or Kindle apps open all .mobi files. |
| PDF (tablet) | 20190654-a5.pdf | ||
| HTML Zip | 20190654-h.zip |
Kindle Direct (New, Experimental)
Send this book direct to your kindle via email. We need your Send-to-Kindle Email address, which can be found by looking in your Kindle device’s Settings page. All kindle email addresses will end in @kindle.com. Note you must add our email server’s address, [email protected], to your Amazon account’s Approved E-mail list. This list may be found on your Amazon account: Your Account→ Manage Your Content and Devices→ Preferences→ Personal Document Settings→ Approved Personal Document E-mail List→ Add a new approved e-mail address.
This book is in the public domain in Canada, and is made available to you DRM-free. You may do whatever you like with this book, but mostly we hope you will read it.
Here at FadedPage and our companion site Distributed Proofreaders Canada, we pride ourselves on producing the best ebooks you can find. Please tell us about any errors you have found in this book, or in the information on this page about this book.