HIST 1300 Lecture 10: HIST 1300 - 11.03.2013.rtf
27 Mar 2015
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Lester pearson becomes head of the liberal party. Canadian dollar falls for the first time to 92. 5 cents. Diefenbaker negotiates a wheat contract with japan. Diefenbaker wants to increase his trade with britain. 1963 o o o o o o o o o o o o. Jfk is happy to see pearson, and then he dies, he is then succeeded by. In 1963 trudeau worked for ndp because he was frustrated with pearson. Hawthorn this is not a royal commission but this is an investigation. Royal commission on status of women (reports 1970) Immigration: education o, children and childcare, maternity leave, abortion, birth control. Canada wanted a song and held a contest: ca-na-da by bobby gimby. He is invited by pearson to canada. He speaks to a large crowd, talking about wwii in 1944. Pearson fights back with a comment about canada being the ones who freed france during the war. Pierre trudeau"s government introduces the official language act.
