French and english canadian relations affected by Sam Hughes

    After WW1 began, Canada became a nation in disarray. After a usable number of new recruits failed to be provided after the onset of the war Robert Borden looked to conscription as the answer.
    During this time, Quebec had never possessed a fighting unit whereas other provinces had and for french canadians who still wanted to join the armed forces, Sam Hughes failed to provide language help for them and were forced to work in all english battalion's and read english instructions. The french canadians were starting to feel like they were second class citizens and the introduction of Robert Borden's conscription policy later in the war only made this worse, even to the point where riots broke out in the streets of some major cities. The french did not feel loyal to Canada whereas the english felt quite the opposite, willing to do anything for their country. This is because the french were usually new immigrants, or their canadian history did not reach back as the far as the english's did.
    Even though the short term effects of this series of bad decisions were devastating, the present impacts of WW1 on french/english relations are blurry but can still be seen through various means of political and social separation from the english, with also hints of anger between the two. An example not related to WW1 but most likely a product of the late aftermath of the events in Canada during the war are the beliefs of the Bloc Quebecois party.
    This is just another example that could be used to question hughes  competence and leadership. For failing to provide any language help for a significant amount of the population, he is partly responsible for the state of chaos canada was facing increasingly throughout the war.