Lester Pearson became the prime minister, he was convinced that Canada would face a crisis unless the French were made feel at home in Canada.…
Mulroney defeated John Turner in the 1984 election and became Canada’s 18th Prime Minister. In his first term he had the first conservative majority government in 26 years. It seemed as if Mulroney was able to take Canada in any direction he wanted, but his support was made up of socially conservative populists from the…
To start off, Laurier was fluent in both English and French, and because of his upbringing, understood the dominant cultures of Canada; an asset he later used in uniting the French and English speaking settlements. In addition, he was extremely dedicated and hardworking, leading him to establish his own law firm which people greatly admired him for. Lastly, he possessed excellent interpersonal communication skills, which resulted in excellent speeches and a large platform of supporters. The years in which Sir Wilfred Laurier ruled, wouldn’t be called the Golden Age if he didn’t possess the merits needed for victory.…
Who is the greatest Canadian in History? Tommy Clement Douglas, the Father of Medicare without doubts. One can be qualify and granted with the title ‘Greatest Canadian in History’ when Canadians be proud of the legacy one has created. An online survey conducted by Leger Marketing has shown that 94 percent of Canadians thinks that Canada’s Universal Health Care created by Tommy Douglas is the most important pride as a Canadian; even though Europe too has Universal Health Care for their citizens. Although many may vote for national hero Terry Fox for his contribution to cancer research or Nobel prize winner Sir Frederick Banting for the invention of Insulin as the Greatest Canadian in History. However, it was Tommy Douglas who made Universal…
Sir John a MacDonald was the first prime minister of Canada and was the dominant representative of the Canadian confederation. He was born on the 11th January 1815 and passed on 6th June. His term in office was 18 years long which places him to the second longest serving prime minister in Canada. He is the only one to ever win six majority governments (Hennessy 12). As for Sir Wilfrid Laurier, he was the seventh prime minister, Born on 20th November 1841 and passed on on the 17th February 1919. He was the first francophone prime minister and was considered one of the countries superb statesmen. As compared to his counter part John a MacDonald, sir Wilfrid was also in the list of the longest serving prime ministers in Canada although him coming in as position four. Sir Wilfrid also contributed to the expanding of the confederation. Sir John MacDonald was born in Glasgow Scotland was the third in a family of five while Sir Wilfrid laurier was born in Saint-lin Canada East and was the 7th generation of his family. MacDonald’s parents decided that he should become a lawyer after his completion of schooling. It was a great choice for a boy who seemed to really admire studying and beside that he had an urgent to start earning cash in order to support his family since his fathers business ventures were failing. As compared to Macdonald Lauriers’ father was well up and by the age of eleven he was sent to study in new Glasgow. Macdonald had a rather sorrowful and tragedous private life.…
One of the reasons why he was a good canadian is because the government put him in charge of a lot of important things. When they discovered gold in the Klondike, Canada needed someone to control the border from thousands of american miners. They also needed someone to hold all the Canadian territory. The person they put in charge of all of that was Sam Steele. This put him in charge of the B.C., Alaska border. He patrolled the the trails of the St. Elias Mountain during the harsh winter months. With parties of Mounted Policemen, he set up border posts flying…
When it comes to the Suez Crisis and Canada, Lester B. Pearson played a key role in resolving the crisis through his efforts to control the situation without upsetting anyone, which eventually led to the creation of the United Nations Emergency Force. This event marked a turning point in the Canadian foreign policy and Pearson later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his involvement. It’s fascinating how individuals can make such a big impact on the world stage, isn’t it? Although Egypt Nationalized the Suez Canal that has previously been under control of the British and French, it paved the way to test Britain’s abilities of whether or not they have what it takes to control of the Suez Canal. This is proven through politics, economics, and relations.…
While Smallwood impacted the people of Newfoundland and Labrador by signing Confederation and becoming part of Canada. King had made a more profound impact on people’s lives as he created old age pension in the 1920’s. Since Canada was at the time of the roaring ‘20s, he decided that the elderly needed to have money saved up for when they can work no longer. This made quite a profound impact on the elderly as they did not have to continue to work to have money in their pockets when they could not. This also aided them during the Great Depression. Shortly after, King created unemployment insurance in 1940 after the Great Depression in case an event as disastrous were to ever happen again. This had a very profound impact on people as it helped them in times of financial need. This helped families pay their bills and have food to eat. This also impacted people greatly as it gave a sense of security to those who had the insurance. King also had a profound impact on the war by not immediately sending Canada into war. Instead, he wanted people to produce crops. They provided rations for the soldiers to eat overseas while fighting. His actions to hold back from…
Canada has had many proud moments in the past 100 years that makes us who we are now. Vimy Ridge was one of our first proud moments in the 1900s where all four Canadian divisions in World War I fought in one battle together. After the First World War Canada became its own country by the Statute of Westminster stating that we were no longer was about of Great Britain. In the 1920s Canada invented many useful things that we still use today like the telephone, radio, television and cars. During the 1928 Olympics, Canada won 4 gold metals, 2 silver metals and 1 bronze metal. Hockey night in Canada became huge when it started out and still is to this day, it started on the radio but after TV was invented it moved to television broadcasting. One big discovery that Canada is proud of is the discovery of insulin used for diabetic people discovered by Fredrick Banting and Charles Best. Hockey was starting to become huge and legends were born. Maurice Richard also known as the “Rocket” is a Canadian hockey player that we are very proud of. He played for the Montreal Canadians and was their best player by far. In the 1944-45 hockey season he scored 50 goals in 50 games making him a hockey legend. Paul Henderson is another hockey legend for the USSR hockey series in 1972. Canada won and he was the one who scored the winning goal for us. Expo 67 was Canada’s 100th birthday so they celebrating with a huge party and 50 million people from all across the world came to see bringing in lots of money for us. Terry Fox was a huge deal in 1980 and still is now. He ran from Newfoundland all the way to Canada to raise money for cancer research. He did all of this with only one leg and raised over $20 million before he died. When 9/11 happened in the United States, Americans came to Canada and stayed in the airports, Canadians wanted to help so they brought food blankets and clothes for the Americans. Canada did a lot of things that we are proud for…
Each individual, family, business, or country all had defining moments that have shaped them into their current appearances and outcomes. During the development of a country, its people are fortified by many important events. These events are the "Defining Moments" which developed a country to what it is today. For Canada, their defining moments relate to military and war. Canada has given major military contributions in the Day of Deliverance, the battle of Vimy Ridge, and the Italian Campaign and in return has achieved respect, pride, and independence which are intangibles any nation aspires for. These events are what made Canada today, a strong, independent country with a lot of heart.…
For a country to evolve into a developed nation from its very earliest stages can take many years. Many changes can happen to an evolving country in a small amount of time and those changes are put into action by true leaders. Some people can be credited with the development of Canada more than others but one who stands out is John George Diefenbaker. He was arguably the most influential person in Canadian history and played a crucial role in the development of Canada. Diefenbaker created bills which are still used today, addressed national issues and created a health care system known worldwide. He was truly a humble man that cared greatly about Canada and all of its people within it.…
I anticipate yous be about 10 years old reading this right now. I hopes those scoundrels don’t have you working for thems already this young. Me writes to you in my cold dark cell in the back of the Williamson’s barn. I feeling you kicking in my womb. Today I got beaten when I ask my owner john for more food cuz I know yous been asking me for more food every time you kick me this hard. I must keep you as healthy as john’s horse. Sometimes I be brave enough to sneak into Diamond’s trough and steal his carrots to nurture us. I need you alive and strong to get through the troubles I know your might run into. I don’t know you yet, but I know yous be smart and strong. I write to you to tell you about my life in case mama won’t be here to tells you myself in the future. I write to yous to tell you a lil bit about my good friend Fredrick Douglas. Pay very good attention Virginia. Ims going to tells yous about his life and his breaking away for freedom. I knows he is out there somewhere working to saves you and get rid of slavery. Even if you is free by the time you read this, you will learn how to live your life. What an honor it is to know Fredrick. What an amazing man he is Virginia, you listen close darling and yous learn from your mama.…
Alexander Mackenzie- thought the railway was a waste of time and money. He took to office right as a major economic depression hit North America. He was bound to Macdonald’s promise of a rail link to BC. BC politicians threatened to secede from Confederation if the railway wasn’t built. Mackenzie allowed the land survey to continue which gave the impression he was doing something about the railway.…
Lester B. Pearson was the secretary of external affairs of Canada and he didn’t have anything great like no peace prize or having anything named after him or he never thought of becoming prime minister. But he did after he made a defining moment in Canadian history because the first problem started with the Suez Canal were the Egyptian leader Gamal Abdul Nasser seized it from Britain and France and the Israeli wanted it back from the Egyptian and Israel forces with the help of British and France attacked the Egyptians to own it back. Then, during the Suez Canal crisis he created the UNEF (United Nations Emergency Forces) on November 4, in 1956, which would create peace between Israel and Egypt. Lastly he got the noble peace prize from keeping…
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave was written by Frederick Douglass himself, a runaway slave who had learned to read and wrote against his masters’ wishes. Within this narrative, Douglass speaks of many aspects of slavery that he has either seen or experienced for himself throughout his life before freedom; for example, he describes how many hours the slaves worked, general violence towards slaves, and the relationship between master and slave. Many other writers from different perspectives have evaluated these aspects of slavery in a different light. For example Thomas Dew, who contradicts the claims that Frederick Douglas makes in his autobiography. Many readers believe that the purpose of Douglas’ story is for conveying abolitionist ideas and supporting the removal of slavery. Because of the possibility of Douglass’ bias account, the accuracy of his evidence and individual stories are called into question; a comparison between Douglass’ discussion of the aspects of the slaves’ lives and other sources written, including Dew and textbooks with facts about this time period assist in assessing the accuracy of Douglass’ interpretation of slavery.…