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Canada’s Prime Ministers
1948-1968
Louis St. Laurent
Louis St. Laurent1948-1957
Liberal
Known as “Uncle Louis”
Encouraged Newfoundland to join Confederation
Pushed Canada’s economy forward
Oil, nickel, zinc, copper and iron
Mega-projects
John Diefenbaker
John Diefenbaker1957-1963
Progressive Conservative - won largest majority in Canadian history in 1958
Known as “The Chief”
Social assistance from East to West: Pensions for the elderly, veterans, and disabled, aid given to the Prairie farmers and the Atlantic provinces
Brought in the Canadian Bill of Rights in 1960
Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson1963-1968
Liberal
UN Minister of External Affairs. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957
Appointed the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism
Federal-provincial relations included Medicare, pension plan and allowed provinces to “opt out”
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
1968-1979
Liberal
“Trudeaumania”
Believed in a strong federal government
Passed Official Languages Act in 1969
Canada’s
MEGA Projects1950s and 1960s
Trans-Canada Highway
Officially opened in 1962
7821 km of highway
Connected Vancouver to St. John’s
Emphasized the growing importance of the automobile
Trans-Canada Pipeline
Construction started in 1956
Gas line from Alberta to central Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada went along with the project in 1941, after the US failed to uphold their agreement to construct
Opened in 1959: largest managed waterway in the world
Provides passage to and from the Great Lakes from the Atlantic Ocean
Created huge hydroelectric projects
Known as the “Master Project of the North American Continent”
Toronto Subway
Canada’s first underground subway
Opened in 1954
Last original train retired in 1990 (it was only supposed to last 18 years!)
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