The Benefits of WWI
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The Benefits of WWI The Benefits of WWI By: Jeff Wood Many things have been said about war. Usually people see it as soldiers on a battlefield, men dieing, and battalions marching through ruined cities, bodies littering the streets. This is a warped perception of the reality. War may cause death and destruction, but other things, far more positive things, also happen when war is declared. In WWI it helped boost Canada's industrial production and economic growth, also it allowed women to be emancipated from the home and placed in the workforce. Another positive affect was the reputation Canada got from its contributions, both on the battlefield and on the home front. Increased economic activity is one of the greatest things WWI did for Canada. At the beginning of the war central Canada's economic and industrial growth was coming along fine, but the west was still being explored and settled....


