What was Canadas foreign policy in WW2?
Canada was closely allied to England and when war was declared in 1939 our army reserves were the first to be sent overseas. We totally rejected Hitler and all of his policies. Premier King implemented the drafting of all elegible males and they were trained and shipped overseas. We were not into war as a nation but being part of the Commonwealth, the choice was made. Immigrants were sort of put on hold and as a matter of fact boatloads of Jewish people headed for our shores and those of the U.S. but were turned away . I personally think this is why we have such an open policy today on immigration – we felt guilty for the rejection of the Jews. I think our policy was one of peace and we were never an aggressive nation. However,during the war years, the Japanese Chinese and other immigrants already in the country were closely watched by the Canadian government.
