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3 November 1919: Royal commission report published. It stated that there were 'no foundation' for any charge against
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was passed in 1917 to increase the men enlisted to replace the casualties in World War I. When it was enforced in on 1 January 1918, riots broke out in Quebec in protest at the act. By April 1918, the government had amended the act so that most of the exemptions had been removed, such as those
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working on farms, except "clergy, including members of any recognised order of an exclusively religious character, and ministers of all religious denominations existing in Canada at the date of the passing of this Act."
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broke the story and triggered other newspapers to report on the incident for the next three months. Macauley was transferred to
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requesting a royal commission on the events in Guelph to investigate charges brought by Palmer against Doherty and the
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