Michael  Steele  (Cons.)  had  proposed  in  a  Resolution  on  May  14
that  "the  Government  should  introduce  legislation  extending  the
franchise  to  every  British  citizen  who  enlisted  with  the  Canadian
forces  for  Overseas  service,"  and  Hon.  A.  Meighen,  for  the  Govern-
ment, promised  careful  consideration.  On  Aug.  13  the  Hon.  C.  J.
Doherty,  Minister  of  Justice,  introduced  his  Bill  to  make  more


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adequate  and  complete  provision  for  the  taking  of  the  votes  of
soldiers  during  the  present  war  than  existed  under  present  legis-
lation. Conditions,  he  stated,  had  greatly  changed  since  the
Soldiers*  Voting  Act  of  1915  and  this  measure  contained  important
modifications  of  the  old  law  and  some  new  features.  The  C.E.F.
