The Canadian government lent billions of dollars to the war cause. It sent the British people large quantities of food during the Battle of British. Canadian factories built thousands of planes, ships, and weapons.
When World War II began, King pledged to keep recruiting voluntary for overseas service. In 1942, however, the government asked Canadian voters to release it from a pledge not to send draftees abroad. The vast majority Canadians of voters approved the it. However, no Canadian draftees went overseas until Novenmber 1944.