How Did The Cold War Affect Canada
Effects of the Cold War on Canada
The distrust between the Western World and Communists, as well as the conditions after WWII caused the Cold War to begin. From 1946 to 1991 a mass arms race rose and Canada was stuck in between the grudge of capitalism and communism. The Cold War affected Canada through Canadian citizens fear of being nuked, sexism against women and the unfair treatment towards communists & socialists.
With Canada’s ally the United States partaking in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, Canadians were no longer immune from attack since they were situated right in the middle of the two countries and were being forced to chose sides; this caused great fear in Canada. Robert Collins, a veteran journalist with Maclean’s in the 1950’s stated that: The revelations that the United States and Soviet Union had the Atomic-Bomb and later the Hydrogen-Bomb found that Canadians were scared by the all the daily newspaper reports. They were told that the weapons were far more powerful than the bombs that fell …show more content…
First, the Cold War spread fear amongst Canadians due to the constant threat of being bombed by the USSR. Also, Canada was not a good place for communists and socialist to live during the cold war time because of the injustice to them due to their political views. Lastly, the Cold War made the discrimination against women reappear. Today’s increase in hostility between russia and u.s.a has been called cold war II. the inability of the superpowers to solve global political conflicts, e.g syria, has resulted in a massive refugee crisis. Just as in the last cold war, canada has shown compassion and announced that it would accept a large number of syrian refugees. In conclusion, the cold war had a large effect on canada and is currently relevant to today's
The distrust between the Western World and Communists, as well as the conditions after WWII caused the Cold War to begin. From 1946 to 1991 a mass arms race rose and Canada was stuck in between the grudge of capitalism and communism. The Cold War affected Canada through Canadian citizens fear of being nuked, sexism against women and the unfair treatment towards communists & socialists.
With Canada’s ally the United States partaking in the Cold War with the Soviet Union, Canadians were no longer immune from attack since they were situated right in the middle of the two countries and were being forced to chose sides; this caused great fear in Canada. Robert Collins, a veteran journalist with Maclean’s in the 1950’s stated that: The revelations that the United States and Soviet Union had the Atomic-Bomb and later the Hydrogen-Bomb found that Canadians were scared by the all the daily newspaper reports. They were told that the weapons were far more powerful than the bombs that fell …show more content…
First, the Cold War spread fear amongst Canadians due to the constant threat of being bombed by the USSR. Also, Canada was not a good place for communists and socialist to live during the cold war time because of the injustice to them due to their political views. Lastly, the Cold War made the discrimination against women reappear. Today’s increase in hostility between russia and u.s.a has been called cold war II. the inability of the superpowers to solve global political conflicts, e.g syria, has resulted in a massive refugee crisis. Just as in the last cold war, canada has shown compassion and announced that it would accept a large number of syrian refugees. In conclusion, the cold war had a large effect on canada and is currently relevant to today's