Throughout World War 2 men between the ages of 16 and 50 were conscripted and sent to training camps, where they would eventually become soldiers. Conscription is involuntary labour demanded by authority, in the sense where government policies require citizens to serve in the armed forces. Whether they are fathers, sons, uncles or husbands (and sometimes women) they were forced to fight, even if they didn’t want to. It also caused a great deal of conflict between French and English Canadians, Canadian women were obligated to take over the jobs of their male family members, which was very hard on them, as well as the younger children and In the end, the use of conscription had very little impact on the outcome of the war. Mackenzie King did not make the right decision about inforceing military service, but he thought at the time he was doing what was best for his country.