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I think one cannot overlook that a great many Canadians were farmers, foresters, and miners at a time when workplace safety wasn't a thing. My grandfather recal
by dleslie 7y ago
I think one cannot overlook that a great many Canadians were farmers, foresters, and miners at a time when workplace safety wasn't a thing. My grandfather recalled men being ripped in half by the snapped lines from the log pulls, of being squished by errant logs. Similar horrors were commonplace in Canadian life of that era, along with starvation, disease and winter.
- benj111 7y agoThis was my thought, but then wouldn't Australia and New Zealand have been the same?
- lostlogin 7y agoNew Zealand troops were certainly involved in atrocities but I have been under the impression they behaved better than the Canadians - I am a New Zealander though so have a bias. The ones I know of: https://ww100.govt.nz/surafend-incident https://ww100.govt.nz/surafend-incident https://i.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/84221541/editorial-claims-of-kiwi-war-crimes-in-wwi-must-be-taken-seriously https://i.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/84221541/editorial-claim...