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not eligible for a spot on the Council of the
League, the true governing body where Britain, France, the United States, Italy
and Japan would sit. When Borden got wind that Canada would be expected to fight
to protect France against future German aggression, he warned the British prime
minister that Parliament and the Canadian people would “bitterly resent” such
a proposal. The League relented and allowed that Canada could be one of the four
rotating nations elected to the Council. Though the League would accomplish little
(including being unable to prevent the next world war) Canada had finally achieved
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Imperial War Conference
Prime Minister Robert Borden attended the Imperial War
Conference in 1917 to make sure Canada had a voice in the progress of the war.
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