HIS358H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Expo 67, Canada Pension Plan, Counterculture Of The 1960S
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Had minimal success only won two elections (1963/1965: only secured a minority victory. Was a diplomat before he was prime minister: one of the earliest appointees, very successful career. Managed to avoid the war over the suez canal for this given the nobel prize for peace. Open to the modern world (open to the united states in a way that diefenbaker was not: was able to get along with kennedy (president of the united states) Pearson relented, that quebec could have and run its own qpp. Quebec government also wanted more taxing powers: pearson government did not allow them, basic conflict on this issue didn"t go away. Wanted french canadians to feel more at home in all of canada. Civil service was completely in english: bilingualism is not generally a priority for french canadians in the province of quebec. Pearson convinced this was needed for canada. 1963: promised canada would get a new flag (pearson won the election)
