III.From Junior Partner to Middle Power Canada's participation in WWI .Only volunteers were sent to fight initially. The Conscription Crisis(1917)provoked debate in Canada:French Canadians did not want to fight under the British flag Anti-conscription parade at Victoria Square, Montreal,Quebec III. From Junior Partner to Middle Power Canada’s participation in WWI • Only volunteers were sent to fight initially. • The Conscription Crisis (1917) provoked debate in Canada: French Canadians did not want to fight under the British flag. Anti-conscription parade at Victoria Square, Montreal, Quebec