The two members were condemned in a Globe and Mail editorial the following day as "two French-Canadians who gained eternal distinction by an attitude unworthy of their people and country.

"[9][10] On 24 November 1944, Lacroix and three other Quebec Liberal members left their party to protest the enactment of conscription.

Lacroix joined the "Independent Group" of opposition anti-conscription MPs led by Frédéric Dorion.

As Lacroix moved to the opposition side of the House of Commons, he shouted "Trahison!"

[11][12] Lacroix was re-elected in the 1945 federal election and until June 1949, sat in the House of Commons as an "Independent Liberal".