HIST 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Lester B. Pearson, Canada Council, Middle Power
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Activist state that had confidence to create change o. Report on canada"s economic prospects (walter gordon) 1955. 68% of toronto televisions tuned into us stations in 1960. 80% of canadian film distribution in hands of americans. Royal commission on national development in the arts, letters and sciences 1949-1951 (vincent massey) o o o o. Consensus: golden age of canadian diplomacy. Canada as a middle power was influential as a fixer which created support for us: nato 1949 o o o. Suez crisis 1956 (egypt, lester pearson nobel peace prize) Favoured shifting 15% of trade from the us to other countries. Trying to encourage canadian manufacturers and producers to new markets in asia, First legislation that makes it illegal in canada to discriminate against another person based on their sex, race, origin, etc: appointed first woman into the canadian cabinet, vote for indigenous peoples, opposed apartheid. Broke the consensus, jfk didn"t like him: north american air defense agreement (norad) 1957.
