Download or read book The Politics of Canada s Nuclear Policy 1957 1963 microform written by Patricia I. McMahon and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1999 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Canadian General Election of 1957 written by John Meisel and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada 1957 1967 written by J. L. Granatstein and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1986 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diefenbaker Legacy written by University of Regina. Canadian Plains Research Center and published by Regina : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina ; [Saskatoon] : Diefenbaker Canada Centre, University of Saskatchewan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication compiles selected papers presented at a conference that marked the 40th anniversary of the advent to power of John Diefenbaker as prime minister of Canada. The papers provide a retrospective look at the domestic and international political issues and policies confronting the Diefenbaker government during an era of significant political and social change. They attempt to assess the legacy of Diefenbaker and his government's policies and decisions in different aspects of Canadian public policy and in the political culture of the years that followed. The papers cover such topics as Canada-United States relations, Canadian defence and security, political leadership, human rights, federal-provincial relations, and relations with the press and the bureaucracy.
Download or read book Canada s Changing Defense Policy 1957 1963 written by Jon B. McLin and published by Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Challenges of Minority Governments in Canada written by Marc Gervais and published by . This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been few studies of Canadian minority governments despite the fact that between 1957 and 2008, 9 of the 18 general federal elections produced minority governments. How such governments manage to remain in power (viability) and gain support for their legislative proposals (effectiveness) has not been investigated thoroughly. Three theoretical perspectives (the rational choice tradition, new institutionalism, and the party politics and party systems approach) are used to examine the dynamics at play. Data for four minority governments (Diefenbaker 1957-58, Pearson 1963-65, Clark 1979-80, and Harper 2006-08) have been gathered from archival records, debates and votes in the House of Commons, autobiographies, third party accounts and earlier studies on minority governments. Viability and effectiveness would appear to depend on (1) bargaining power (interparty dynamics and intra-party cohesion) and (2) agenda control (House business, confidence tests and other institutional features). The study also stresses the importance of government concessions, and the capacity and skill of parliamentary actors in using the institutional and party system levers.
Download or read book Reassessing the Rogue Tory written by Janice Cavell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The years when John Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservatives were in office were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history. Coming to power on a surge of optimistic nationalism in 1957, the “Rogue Tory” had stirred up more controversy than any previous prime minister by the time he was defeated in 1963. This was nowhere more apparent than in his handling of international affairs. This book reassesses foreign policy in the Diefenbaker era to determine whether its failures can be mainly attributed to the prime minister’s personality traits, particularly his indecisiveness, or to broader shifts in world affairs. Written by leading scholars who mine new sources of archival research, the chapters examine the full range of international issues that confronted Diefenbaker and his ministers and probe the factors that led to success or failure, decision or indecision, on specific issues. Rather than dismissing Diefenbaker as a “Rogue Tory” on the world stage, this fascinating reconsideration of the Diefenbaker years challenges readers to push beyond the conventional and reassess his record with fresh eyes.
Download or read book Planners and Politicians written by Penny Bryden and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's national social security system is a valued and integral part of our national character. However, with recent government cutbacks, the future of the welfare state is now in jeopardy. Focusing on the development of the Canada Pension Plan and medicare - the cornerstones of Canada's social net - Planners and Politicians is a timely examination of the Liberal Party's role in the development of national social policies.
Download or read book Extraordinary Canadians Lester B Pearson written by Andrew Cohen and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 1963–1968, 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 Canada’s place in the world, is the perfect author to assess Pearson’s legacy.
Download or read book Mike written by Lester B. Pearson and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volumes 2-3 edited by John A. Munro and Alex I. Inglis.
Download or read book The Duel written by John Ibbitson and published by Signal. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER One of Canada’s foremost authors and journalists, offers 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. John Diefenbaker has been unfairly treated by history. Although he wrestled with personal demons, his governments launched major reforms in public health care, law reform and immigration. On his watch, First Nations on reserve obtained the right to vote and the federal government began to open up the North. He established Canada as a leader in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, and took the first steps in making Canada a leader in the fight against nuclear proliferation. And Diefenbaker’s Bill of Rights laid the groundwork for the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He set in motion many of the achievements credited to his successor, Lester B. Pearson. Pearson, in turn, gave coherence to Diefenbaker’s piecemeal reforms. He also pushed Parliament to adopt a new, and now much-loved, Canadian flag against Diefenbaker’s fierce opposition. Pearson understood that if Canada were to be taken seriously as a nation, it must develop a stronger sense of self. Pearson was superbly prepared for the role of prime minister: decades of experience at External Affairs, respected by leaders from Washington to Delhi to Beijing, the only Canadian to win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Diefenbaker was the better politician, though. If Pearson walked with ease in the halls of power, Diefenbaker connected with the farmers and small-town merchants and others left outside the inner circles. Diefenbaker was one of the great orators of Canadian political life; Pearson spoke with a slight lisp. Diefenbaker was the first to get his name in the papers, as a crusading attorney: Diefenbaker for the Defence, champion of the little man. But he struggled as a politician, losing five elections before making it into the House of Commons, and becoming as estranged from the party elites as he was from the Liberals, until his ascension to the Progressive Conservative leadership in 1956 through a freakish political accident. As a young university professor, Pearson caught the attention of the powerful men who were shaping Canada’s first true department of foreign affairs, rising to prominence as the helpful fixer, the man both sides trusted, the embodiment of a new country that had earned its place through war in the counsels of the great powers: ambassador, undersecretary, minister, peacemaker. Everyone knew he was destined to be prime minister. But in 1957, destiny took a detour. Then they faced each other, Diefenbaker v Pearson, across the House of Commons, leaders of their parties, each determined to wrest and hold power, in a decade-long contest that would shake and shape the country. Here is a tale of two men, children of Victoria, who led Canada into the atomic age: each the product of his past, each more like the other than either would ever admit, fighting each other relentlessly while together forging the Canada we live in today. To understand our times, we must first understand theirs.
Download or read book Background Notes written by United States. Department of State. Office of Media Services and published by . This book was released on with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada and the Cold War written by Reginald Whitaker and published by Lorimer. This book was released on 2003-10-19 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada and the Cold War is a fascinating historical overview of a key period in Canadian history. The focus is on how Canada and Canadians responded to the Soviet Union -- and to America's demands on its northern neighbour.
Download or read book Canadian Selection written by Alvan Bregman and published by Published for the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture and the Centre for Research in Librarianship, University of Toronto [by] University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Statesman s Year Book 1965 66 written by S. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 1743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
Download or read book Canada s Early Nuclear Policy written by Brian Buckley and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2000-09-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Canada's Early Nuclear Policy Brian Buckley weaves information from a number of disciplines to shed new light on Canada's early policies. Filling a longstanding gap in the national story, he explores the country's role in the early post-war period, cautioning against simplistic explanations and pointing to the continuing roles of contingency and personality in decision making. While the threat of nuclear war has receded in recent years, the number of states with nuclear weapons, the number of weapons, and their killing power are all far greater than they were five decades ago. Virtually all the issues that emerged fifty years ago remain on the international agenda and are as relevant today as ever.
