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Line 8: − The [[Great War]] furthered official and unofficial independence. Prime minister Sir [[Robert Borden]] was a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, and he greatly influenced the Imperial War Resolution IX from 1917, which stated that the dominions were ''autonomous nations of an Imperial Commonwealth''.+ − + + +
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Since 1909, there existed a Department of External Affairs.
Since 1909, there existed a Department of External Affairs.
In 1914, Canada entered the [[Great War]] when Britain declared war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire. Despite its status as a relatively small nation with little military tradition, Canada made major contributions to the Allied war effort. Over 600,000 men enlisted to fight out of an overall population of 7,000,000. <ref>http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/first_world_war/clips/14807/</ref> Canadian troops quickly acquired a fearsome reputation on the European front and earned a reputation as courageous and aggressive fighters. In his memoirs, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George wrote that “Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line they prepared for the worst.”<ref>http://www.passchendaelethemovie.com/html/paul.html</ref>
Canada had entered the war in 1914 when Britain declared war on Germany on behalf of the British Empire. At the [[Paris Peace Conference]] at Versailles in 1919, it was on equal footing with the other victorious nations.
The famous poem "In Flanders Fields" was penned by Canadian medic John McRae and another Canadian soldier, private George Lawrence Price, is recognized as being the last soldier killed in the war.<ref>http://www.nwbattalion.com/last.html</ref>
Canada's contributions to the war effort furthered official and unofficial independence. Prime minister Sir [[Robert Borden]] was a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, and he greatly influenced the Imperial War Resolution IX from 1917, which stated that the dominions were ''autonomous nations of an Imperial Commonwealth''. At the [[Paris Peace Conference]] at Versailles in 1919, it was on equal footing with the other victorious nations.
===Since 1970===
===Since 1970===