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-- Diefenbaker, Pearson and the making of modern Canada.2023., Adult, McClelland & Stewart Call No: NEW 971.064 I12d Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A gripping account of the contest between John Diefenbaker and Lester Pearson, two prime ministers who fought each other relentlessly, but who between them created today's Canada.
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2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio P361c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 19631968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Auto Pact, and the new Maple Leaf flag. Pearson came to power after an impressive career as a diplomat, where he played a vital role in the creation of NATO and the United Nations, later serving as president of its General Assembly. He put Canada on the world stage when he won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prize for his handling of the Suez Crisis, during which he brokered the formation of a UN peacekeeping force. Author Andrew Cohen, whose books have focused on Canadaœs place in the world, is the perfect author to assess Pearsonœs legacy.
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2011., PMA Productions Call No: DVD Bio L166s Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Extraordinary CanadiansSummary Note: Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked together after the 1841 Union to lead a reformist movement for responsible government run by elected citizens instead of a colonial governorBut it was during the "Great Ministry" of 184851 that the two politicians implemented laws that created a more equitable country. They revamped judicial institutions, created a public education system, made bilingualism official, designed a network of public roads, began a public postal system, and reformed municipal governance. Faced with opposition, and even violence, the two men polar opposites in temperamentunited behind a set of principles and programs that formed modern Canada. Writing with verve and deep conviction, Saul restores these two extraordinary Canadians to rightful prominence.
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-- Winston Churchill in Canada, 1900-1954.2005., Thomas Allen Publishers Call No: Bio C5637d Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library
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c2012., Adult, McGill-Queen's University Press Call No: Bio B742w Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: A biography of R.B. Bennett exploring his statesmanship, ideas, and temperament.
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By Martin, Ged[2013], Adult, Dundurn Press Call No: Bio M135m Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Quest biography.
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Ã1998., University of Toronto Press Call No: Bio M135c Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Reprints in Canadian history.