The issue of conscription or mandatory military service tore Canada apart during the First World War. Pictured here, soldiers standing by a sign denouncing men who did not sign up for the war.

He wanted to avoid a repeat of the conscription crisis which erupted during the First World War. Pictured here, King inspecting seamen of H.M.C.S. Assiniboine, 1940. (National Archives of Canada ...

As global tensions ratchet up defensive preparations, countries are beginning to reconsider whether conscripting only men into their armed forces will be enough. Ukraine should get rid of its "old ...