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The Suez Crisis (1956): A military and political confrontation in Egypt that threatened to divide the United States and Great Britain
- Pearson proposed that they use the UN peacekeeping force to ease the British and the French out of Egypt during this time
- Because of this in 1957 he won the Nobel Peace Prize
- Lester B Pearson is the 14th Prime Minister of Canada
- He became Prime Minister on April 22 1963
- He re raised the flag debate and was the inspiration behind the "Pearson Pennant"
- His government introduced the Canadian Pension plan in 1966
- He retired in the year 1968
- In September 1948, he became minister of external affairs
- He represented Algoma East, Ontario in the House of Commons
- He helped lead Canada into the Korean War as a contributor to the UN army
- In 1952 he served as president of the UN General Assembly
- The Americans were displeased with his leadership efforts as they considered him "too willing to compromise"
- On August 22, 1925, he married his wife, Maryon Pearson
- Later they had a son and daughter, Geoffrey and Patricia Pearson
Without Lester B Pearson, Canada would not be the same place it is today.
Because of Lester B Pearson:
- The United States and Great Britain were not divided in the Suez Crisis and thousands of lives were spared
- Canada is no longer sharing a flag with Britain, it has it's own symbol of individuality
- There is a Canadian Pension Plan
Lester B Pearson, without a doubt, shaped Canada into the country that we so proudly call home today.
Full name:
Lester Bowles Pearson
Born: April 23rd,1897 in Newtonbrook, Ontario
Died: December 27th, 1972 in Ottawa, Ontario
- Study history at UofT
- Enlisted in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in 1915
- After two years of being a stretcher-bearer he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in London in 1917
- His military career came to a sudden end when he was hit by a bus and was sent home
Robert Bothwell, “Lester B Pearson”, Historica
Canada, Tabitha Marshall, July 6th 2011, web. May 1st,
2017
Jon Tattrie, “Suez Crisis”, Historica Canada, February
7th 2006, web. May 3rd, 2017
John Ross Matheson, “Flag Debate”, Historica
Canada, February 7th 2006, web. May 5th, 2017
“The History of Canada’s Public Pensions”, Canadian
Museum of History, web. May 5th, 2017