e Canadian government turned to consription. After having been turned away multiple times and then being treated badly, the minorities were outraged. Native Indians were very loud in their refusal to register for consciption. Their argument was they were not considered citizens nor were they afforded the rights of citizens so why should they be forced into consciption. The government was forced to give them immunity from conscription. The Japanese were the next to follow. They too were not citizens. Although they were considered landed Canadians; they did not have the same rights as whites. They two were given immunity. Blacks were unfortunately not able to benefit from these cases. They were considered citizens and therefore they were forced to register for conscription. The blacks used this opportunilty to once again try and salvage they position in the war. They insisted if they were going to be forced to comply with consciption all blacks should be sent to No.2 so that they could be upgraded from a construction company to a battalion once again. The order went out to all commanding officers to transfer all black troops to No.2. The order was complyed with and the No.2 Company was soon preparing to go overseas. In May they were once again let down when it was announced that would not be going anywhere. After one more try by Rev. William White Captain of No.2 it was finally agreed that No.2 would be sent over. Over seas there was confusion as to what role visible minorities were to have. The few Japanese who had made it were allowed into combat, while the Native Indians where divided some were put to work doing manual labour while others were put to work in a pioneering battalion. As for blacks, those who were part of a regular battalion because they had volunbtarily joined the war encountered few problems. But the members of No.2 were not so lucky. Upon arriving in France they were once again demoted to a construcon company f...
