What was the nrma

In addition to looking after Members on the road, we were also becoming known for standing up for motorists. In , we worked with the NSW Government to improve road safety by introducing random breath testing, and in we fought hard to have the fuel excise capped — saving motorists about 10 cents per litre today. We've also been at the forefront of making more equitable licensing, the demerit system fairer, school zones safer, road funding is at record levels, and every petrol price increase is carefully scrutinised.

The patrol uniform was altered, with the pants changing from jodhpur-style to straight-legged and a red ribbon added to denote service to the war effort.

This coincided with rapid growth in car ownership and NRMA Membership: we hit one million Members in the s and were approaching two million Members by the time Mr James retired in , after eight years in the top job and decades of service to the organisation. Community Media and resources. Ralston, Minister of National Defence, was convinced that it was essential to send conscripts overseas as reinforcements. When his Cabinet colleagues could not agree, King forced him to resign and turned to General A.

McNaughton as the new Minister in a last-ditch effort to avoid conscription. On November 22, , King was forced to reverse his position and order conscripts overseas. Some 13, NRMA men eventually left Canada, but only 2, reached units in the field before the end of the fighting. Pour la conscription outre-mer?

A-t-on besoin de plus d'hommes outre-mer Signing up enhances your TCE experience with the ability to save items to your personal reading list, and access the interactive map. It represented the government's response to the public clamour for a more effective Canadian war effort that arose in the wake of the stunning German victories in Belgium and France. The Act enabled the government to requisition the property and services of Canadians for home defence.

An earlier promise made by PM Mackenzie King in not to introduce conscription for overseas service was honoured, but it was reversed in August following the national plebiscite of April The amended NRMA permitted the sending of conscripts overseas in addition to the existing regular volunteer forces.

The NRMA was important politically as it attested to the government's determination to intensify the war effort.