Also, after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, Ukrainians were called upon by one of their acknowledged leaders, Bishop Budka, to remember their native land in prayers and go to the defence of the Fatherland. The English and French Canadians feared unskilled immigrant masses who might develop radical tendencies, especially in light of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Those enemy aliens who weren't interned faced other infringements on their liberty. Use of the languages of Ukrainians, Germans, Jews, and others was censored. All Canadians who were naturalized after 1902 and who came from an enemy background lost the right to vote in the 1917 federal election, as did all pacifist groups such as the Mennonites.
Immigrants form enemy countries also faced public persecution and discrimination.
Returning veterans harassed them. They were even fired from their jobs in a wave of patriotism that was negated when the internees were forced to work for large corporations such as the CPR and the Dominions Steel Company . By 1918, the English and French public was calling for mass deportations. The immigrants were treated much differently. The conditions faced by all of the aliens have long gone unnoticed by the Canadian public.