#johndiefenbaker — Public Fediverse posts

I predict that #PierrePoilievre will mention #JohnDiefenbaker at least once during his big Friday speech.

Looking forward to it.

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#JohnDiefenbaker in 1967:
"Macdonald and Cartier agreed in the British monarchical system."
"They opposed republicanism and what they called American domination."
"They decided to build a Canada here. First, foremost, and always."
"I say in this Canada, one and undivided, a Canadian I was born, a Canadian I will die."

There's a video of Dief's speech at the link.

https://nitter.net/Harry__Faulkner/status/2014736836342505945#m

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Cold War bomb shelter in Nova Scotia being converted into high-end doomsday condos https://www.byteseu.com/1669267/ #CanadianForcesBaseValcartier #ColdWar #Conflicts #Diefenbunker #FalloutShelter #JohnDiefenbaker #LuxuryCondominiums #NovaScotia #PaulMansfield #UndergroundBunker #VentilationSystems

Diefenbaker was a prime minister who knew how to stand up to the U.S.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/bob-plamondon-diefenbaker-was-a-prime-minister-who-knew-how-to-stand-up-to-the-u-s

The article focuses on the personal dislike of #JohnDiefenbaker and #JohnFKennedy, rather than on substantive issues like the Bomarc missiles. ( https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bomarc-missile-crisis )

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It is #NationalCakeDay!

As his wife Olive looks on, former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cuts his birthday cake on Sept. 21, 1967 in Winnipeg.

Only 12 days earlier, he was ousted as leader of the Progressive Conservatives.

📸U of S JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 1675

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This cute little baby would grow up to become Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963.
Yep, that's John "Dief the Chief" Diefenbaker, as a baby in 1896.

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📸U of S Archives JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 44

John Diefenbaker and his wife Olive at a 1965 costume party. He’s dressed as Dief the Chief of Police and she is wearing a hat of flowers.

📸 University of Saskatchewan Archives

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A crowd gathers at Thunder Bay on Aug. 20, 1979 to see the body of former PM John Diefenbaker, who died on Aug. 16.
His body was being transported to Saskatoon.
It was said it was the largest crowd seen at the station since local residents saw troops go off to war in the Second World War.

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📸 Toronto Star TSPA_0043653F

Prime Minister John Diefenbaker is inducted into the Whitecap Dakota First Nation on May 27, 1959. Chief Harry Littlecrow gives him the name Chief Walking Buffalo.
As PM, Diefenbaker gave the Indigenous people the vote & appointed the 1st Indigenous Senator, James Gladstone.

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