HIS311H5 Lecture : HIS311Y1February 7.docx
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Most of his glory days came before that. His time in pm focused on domestic affairs specifically quebec. There were of course, some achievements and setbacks. The old dichotomy between us and britain had fallen to the wayside and all that mattered was canada"s relationship with the us. Smoothie is a derogatory term he was not a smooth politician. He never seemed to be totally in control of the situation was always fumbling something. The skills that were so beneficial to him as a diplomat patience, caution and compromise, to see the good in another"s arguments these were a lot less valuable in partisan politics. It was necessary for pearson to be tougher than to seek common ground with them. Pearson was never particularly well suited to this arena. He didn"t have the certain charisma that diefenbaker had, he wasn"t a good public speaker (had a bit of a lisp). Had a reputation for being wimpy, he wore bowties.
