Il y a trop de bavardages [There is too much chatter]

A white downward arrow under a Canadian coat of arms points through the words 'Il y a trop de BAVARDAGES' on a red band, with the list of subjects (troops, production, military matters) and the closing line 'En temps de guerre indiscrétion est trahison'. The label 'trahison' (treason) is attached to all loose talk (name-calling), and the side bands address 'every man, woman and child'.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Name-calling

Date

1941

Period

Second World War

Made by

Service de l'Information, under authority of the Minister of National War Services (Hon. J. T. Thorson), Ottawa

Region

North America

Country

Canada

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Mackenzie King Government

Leader

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Security and surveillance, Home front, War and the military

Event

World War II

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

Public domain (Canadian Crown copyright, 50 years from publication, expired; no URAA restoration)
Service de l'Information, Ottawa, Canada, 1941-1942. U.S. National Archives, Record Group 44.

IL EST ESSENTIEL QUE CHAQUE HOMME, FEMME ET ENFANT JOUE SON ROLE DANS L'EFFORT DE GUERRE

IL Y A TROP DE
BAVARDAGES
AU SUJET
DE NOS TROUPES,
DE NOTRE PRODUCTION
ET AUTRES QUESTIONS
MILITAIRES

EN TEMPS DE GUERRE
INDISCRÉTION EST
TRAHISON

PUBLIÉ PAR LE SERVICE DE L'INFORMATION, AVEC L'AUTORISATION DE L'HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTRE DES SERVICES NATIONAUX DE GUERRE, OTTAWA. Imprimé au Canada
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IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD PLAY THEIR PART IN THE WAR EFFORT

THERE IS TOO MUCH
CHATTER
ABOUT
OUR TROOPS,
OUR PRODUCTION
AND OTHER MILITARY
MATTERS

IN WARTIME
INDISCRETION IS
TREASON

PUBLISHED BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE, WITH THE AUTHORIZATION OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA. Printed in Canada
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