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At this season of the year we draw close to Good Friday. All the eyes of the world will turn back to "a green hill far away, without a city wall," where the founder of Christianity was crucified by those forces of selfishness, greed, and lust for gain that are still at work in the world. It seems to me that unless we do something in Canada about the question of the export of war materials there will be another crucifixion - the crucifixion of a generation of young men, crucified upon a cross of nickel.

Tommy Douglas' remarks during a debate at the House of Commons in Ottawa, Ontario, April 3, 1939.
At this season of the year we draw close to Good Friday. All the eyes of the world will turn back to a green hill far away, without a city wall, where the founder of Christianity was crucified by those forces of