The New World Order "Why have the peoples of the Empire, wherever they live, sprung to arms as one in this great conflict? The enemy could never comprehend the true answer. It is simply—because we wanted to. Being British and being free, we want more than anything else in life to remain British and to remain free." (The Hon. Vincent Massey, High Commissioner for Canada, on November 18th, 1940) "Because We Wanted To" "We want more than anything else in life to remain British and to remain free." These words, spoken for Canada, are as true of other countries of the British Commonwealth.