Canada’s
Road to
Independence
(AUTONOMY)
Treaty of Versailles - 1919
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-Canada obtains its own seat at the League of
Nations
-Canada independently signs the Treaty of
Versailles
The Chanak Crisis
of 1922
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-Britain sent troops to Turkey
to ensure control of
the port at Chanak
-PM King - Canada would not automatically send
troops to support Britain
-this was the first time Canada refused
unconditional support for British imperial war
policies
1923 Halibut Treaty
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Canada and the US sign a treaty that
protects halibut on BC/Alaska coast
-signed only by a Canadian and an
American, the British protested
1925 King-Byng Crisis
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Dispute between PM King and GG Byng
leads to a reduction in the role and power
of the GG
1926 Balfour Report
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dominions of UK were independent
(autonomous)
governor general was only a
representative of the British monarch
“a colony had become a nation”
1931 The Statute of Westminister
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recognized the Balfour
Report as law
Canada had control over its own foreign
policy