Canada, of its own free will, entered the war in September 1939 because it then realized that Nazi Germany threatened the very existence of Western civilization. Almost from the beginning Canadians were in the thick of the fighting—in the air.

They did so because of the divide that was caused by having a close relationship with them. The French Canadians felt alienated from the rest of Canada and wanted Canada to be an independent country from the British Empire.

The Department of External Affairs was created in June 1909 and became a policymaking office after World War I.

The major illnesses during the 1920s were tuberculosis, measles, scarlet fever, syphilis, and spanish influenza. In the 1930s, the major diseases were heart disease, cancer, pneumonia, various infections, parasitic disorders, and polio.

Canada played a limited role in world affairs before 1945, typically as a passive follower of British policies. After World War 1 Canada turned away from international conflicts and affairs much like the US. Canada also strived on forming a strong alliance, good relations with the United States and on greater independence from Great Britain. Canada was moving towards an isolation from Great Britain, thus in 1922 King refused to support the British to enforce a peace settlement during the Chanak Crisis.

To keep national unity Mackenzie King tried to disentangle some formal ties with Britain. He also restricted the power and authority Britain had in Canada and with it’s new independence Canada made its own foreign service. He also tried to delay his support for Britain in the upcoming second world war even though he knew that Canada would end up taking Britain’s side.

In 1922, an incident broke out in Chanak, Turkey, and the following actions of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King meant that Canada was no longer automatically at war on Britain’s demand.

Though there is not a lot of research done to conclude that certain viruses from the 1920s and 30s mutated, there is evidence that explains how many diseases can link to each other. For instance, it has been discovered that measles is an activator of tuberculosis.

During the 1930s Canada was more preoccupied with domestic economic problems (the Great Depression), so they chose to stay neutral throughout the 1930s. In 1931 Japan’s invasion of Manchuria was a little concerning for Canada, so was Hitler’s rise to power in 1933 and Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935. However they stayed neutral through all of this.

Canada was reluctant to accept immigrants. They were particularly hard on the chinese with a head tax in place. There were cases of mass deportation in the early 1930's. Anti-Semitism and xenophobia were common place in Canada at the time.

The Halibut Treaty of 1923 was a fishing agreement between the United States and Canada. It was the first treaty that Canada had negotiated and signed without any involvement from England.

Canada responded to these illness outbreaks by creating methods and technology to cure the diseases. For instance, insulin and pablum were two innovations created in the 1920s and 30s to help fight off diabetes and provide nutrients to babies during the Great Depression.

In 1936 the Canadian government declared its neutrality on the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. This was when Francisco Franco lead a military uprising, which was supported with military equipment and troops by by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. This was against the lefist Spanish. Many Canadians volunteered to fight against Franco on behalf of the Spanish Republic in the International Brigade. Eventually, 1,546 Canadians participated, mainly in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion (also called "Mac-Paps") of which 721 were killed. No other country except for France gave as great a proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada.

They seemed to be opposed but they definitely weren't very opposed to them. By the coming second world war they watched them closely and went about corralling the Whittaker and Arcand parties but did not seem to do so with pleasure. Meanwhile they seemed very intent on cracking down on the communist parties. As for pro-hitler groups there was already anti-Semitism in Canada and on top of that germen immigrants were view favorably in Canada despite the xenophobia.

The Balfour Report of 1926 recognized that all the Dominions of Britain’s former empire were autonomous, self-governing, and equal in stature with each other, and with England.

As Canada’s economy declined from 1929 and into the 1930s, the government spent less on healthcare, which caused an increase in illnesses throughout the nation. As this continued, newer facilities were opened in Canada to help control the spread of the diseases and a Health Unit Act was created in Quebec to finalize all healthcare facilities and open more in other regions. After, Ontario began to reorganize its health department in 1934 and re-establish its Public Health Act to allow the uniting of other regions to improve their health services.

Canada expressed neutrality in 1936, however Canada began a program of rearmament. In 1937, Mackenzie King (Canada's prime minister) let Britain know that Canada would support the British in case of a war in Europe. In June 1937 King visited Germany and met with Adolf Hitler. Like many other political leaders he was seduced ny Hitler’s charm and he supported the policy of "appeasement" of Germany. When Hitler took over Austria in 1938 and Bohemia in 1939 many leaders including King decided to remain quiet.

the Great Depression had brought Prime Minister R.B. Bennett to power in the 1930 election. He had raised import tariffs and At the Imperial Conference of 1930 he invited the delegates to an economic conference in Ottawa. There he suggested a 10 per cent increase in rates levied against countries outside the Commonwealth.

The Statute of Westminster affected the equality of Britain and its Dominions as it recognized the sovereignty of each Dominion and established the Dominion’s legislative independence.

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