POLS 4280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cuban Missile Crisis
12 Jan 2018
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Pearson says canada should adopt nuclear options. Our voice within nato is going to be reduced significantly. If you don"t participate in nato you"re going to be a secondary member. In 1956: canada signs the agreement, if we opt out of nuclear weapons, the us gets powers over us. Hellyer doesn"t convince pearson, he provides validation. Its about this vision that the americans are the leaders of the western world, if you don"t follow or accept their leadership. Pearson smells blood, he is head of the opposition. Defienbaker is weak and pearson can drive a wedge between them. Internal politics, interest, the longer view that you need to follow the americans. There is an american military presence in canada. Canadian have seen norad as an american organization. We"re going to be incenerated either way. Norad gives us at least a voice. Canada seems to be the last part of his tour. Norstad is in american, he is a nato general.
