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OCR: DEFEAT In 1911,Laurier chose to fight for re -election on the issue of reciprocity with the United States the policy he had abandoned ir 1893 He was pressed by the demands 0 new immig rant western farmers and encouraged by Support from President Taft. Laurier was defeated Helost again in 1917 Laurier was utterly loyal to Britain efforts in the First World War but he refused support Robert Borden Union government and conscription Nevertheless he diminished the influence 0 Quebec nationalists by providing dignified voice for Quebec within parliament To the last he tried to ensure that the threads 0 Canadian unity would hold lost tionalists