Canada Continued to Struggle for its Independence.

Canada success unspoiledy continued its progress to contendds greater national

indep fireence, by fetching small steps to their independent victories, during the

time in the Paris calmness Conference, the Chanak affair, the Halibut Treaty,

Imperial Conference and Balfour Declaration, and the Statute of Westminister.

The First step Canada took was during the the end of a great war in the Paris

repose Conference.

As the war was ending, Sir Robert Borden believed that Canada should guide its

own place in the field pansy settlement. That is when, Borden insisted that Canada

would sit at the peace conference in its own right, because Canada had

sacrificed in war and be equal treatment. In the end, Canada was given two

seats at the Paris Peace Conference and signed the treaty of Versailles. This

showed that Canada was becoming more advanced and separate from Britain. Another

step was taken in Canada that proved Canada was more independent, was during the

Chanak Affair.

Another gentlemen withal stepped up to Britain, and told Britain that they would

have to consult the Parliament before they could cast Canada to the war with

Turkey during the Chanak Affair. That man was Mackenzie King, Canadas Prime

Minister during the 1922.



As part of the peace treaty agreements after(prenominal) would war

one, Britain had agreed to keep some troops in Chanak (a village in turkey), to

keep the Dardanelles, straits that linked the Black sea to the Mediterranean

Sea, a neutral territory. However the small British garrison was imperil by

Turkish force which lead Britain to call upon its empire to help it shelter the

straits. Mackenzie King announced that Canada would no longer automatically

commit to fight at Britons side whenever the British Command it because, King

did not want to send troops to Chanak without first Consulting Canadas

Parliament (which he...

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