How Did Lester Bowles Pearson Change Canada

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Throughout Canada’s history and other parts of the world, many changes were occurring and still is until this day by important Prime Minister in the past 20th century as well as made what Canada for what it is as a nation. Each Great Prime Minister such as Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, and William Lyon Mackenzie King from the Liberal Party had a crucial role in their ways of thinking, actions, and achieving their objectives towards Canada. A great Prime Minister that had great negotiation skills was Lester Bowles Pearson. He was born on April 23, 1897, and died on December 27, 1972, due to cancer. In those years, he served Canada as the Prime Minister from 1963-1968 but before he launched his new career in the politics, he …show more content…

Just like Pearson, he wanted Quebec to feel like they are welcomed and a part of Canada as well The Official Languages Act saying that English and French are official languages of Canada. As Prime Minister, Trudeau had to face the October Crisis when a group of separatists, le Front de la Libération de Québec (FLQ), abducted a British Diplomat named James Cross and Pierre Laporte who was the Quebec Minister at the time (Gale Canada in Context, 2017). He acted quickly so he referred to the War of Measures Act in which he used for the arrest of the FLQ. Soon after the situation had happened, Laporte was assassinated by the FLQ which was devastating for the following francophones to …show more content…

He was born on December 17, 1874 and died on July 22, 1950 but during his long years of living as well as being a three-term Prime Minister, he has been through a rough life. The reason why King was not elected during the Great Depression was that of his “Five Cent” speech as that contributed many miserable Canadians for not re-electing King as Prime Minister. Instead, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett, the Conservative Party, was elected during the Great Depression from 1930-1935. As of 1935-1948, his third term as Prime Minister, he has contributed to World War ll which led King faced a great

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