Editing Total war (section)

===== Canada =====
{{Main|Conscription Crisis of 1944}}
In Canada early use of the term concerned whether or not the country was committing enough to mobilising its resources, rather than whether or not to target civilians of the enemy countries.  During the early days of the Second World War, whether or not Canada was committed to a "total war effort" was point of partisan political debate between the governing [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] and the opposition [[Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)|Conservatives]].  The Conservatives elected as their national leader [[Arthur Meighen]], who had been the cabinet minister responsible for implementing [[Conscription Crisis of 1917|conscription during the First World War]], and advocated for conscription again.  Prime Minister [[W.L. Mackenzie King]] argued that Canada could still be said to have a "total war effort" without conscription, and delivered nationally broadcast speeches to this effect 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canada and the war : manpower and a total war effort : national selective service : broadcast by Right Hon. W.L. MacKenzie King, M.P. Prime Minister of Canada – City of Vancouver Archives |url=https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/canada-and-war-manpower-and-total-war-effort-national-selctive-service-broadcast-by-right-hon-w-l-mackenzie-king-m-p-prime-minister-of-canada |access-date=13 February 2023 |website=searcharchives.vancouver.ca}}</ref>  Meighen failed to win his seat in by-election in 1942, and the issue subsided for a short time.  But eventually, national conscription was introduced in Canada in 1944, as well as dramatically increased taxation, another symbol of the "total war effort".