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PETER MCKENNA: Revisiting the Diefenbaker-Kennedy schism in an era of Trumpism
Why should anyone be surprised? U.S. President Donald Trump says that it was his actions that actually precipitated the ...
The Globe and Mail4d
This near-trade war should shock Canada out of our stupor
In 1957, prime minister John Diefenbaker returned from the Commonwealth Conference in London with an announcement: Canada would divert 15 per cent of its trade with the U.S. to Britain.
Winnipeg Free Press25d
Remembering the Kennedy-Diefenbaker dispute
Indeed, John F. Kennedy sought to do just that against then-prime minister John Diefenbaker, whom he intensely disliked. Since 1961, the Kennedy Administration had been strongly urging the ...
Windsor Star29d
Brown-John: Trudeau not alone as PM missing 'that graceful exit'
Being prime minister in Canada is invariably a roller ... Probably the most stunning rise and fall was that of John Diefenbaker. “Dief the Chief” took a Conservative party that had not held ...
National Post26d
Cole Hogan: It's 2025 and the Liberal party is dead
Pearson then got up in the House of Commons and demanded Prime Minister John Diefenbaker resign and hand over government to the Liberals. This undoubtedly reflected Liberal opinion at the time ...
The National Interest29d
Remember the Bomarc Affair: Canada’s Identity Crisis Goes Back Decades
In 1958, Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservative party agreed to deploy the Bomarc missiles as part of its North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ...
Neighbors in dispute: After Trump declares a trade war, Canadians grapple with a sense of betrayal
TORONTO (AP) — As Canadians absorb U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and his threats to make Canada the 51st state, one ...