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When Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King reacted by immediately recalling Parliament, which was not due to sit for another months, and ask for its blessing before declaring war on Germany. On the first day of the special session, King tabled copies of documents relative to the outbreak of the war, so that the House of Commons would know the basis on which war was being declared.

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The result of that debate was a foregone conclusion: most Canadians had by then become resigned to a war, which they would fight without joy but with determination. Two days later, the Commons voted, by an overwhelming majority, to declare war against Germany. For the rest of the war, King would keep the House of Commons informed, even as the government assumed a degree of executive power unprecedented in Canadian history.

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