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  1. Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦 @[email protected] ·

    “ #Carney is in many ways a throwback to a #pre-Trudeau kind of #Liberal. In style and tone, but even more in policy, he recalls the #Liberals of the #LesterPearson era & even more that of #LouisSt.Laurent: sober, bankerly, #business-oriented … #pro-military” www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

    Opinion: Canada is taking an o...

    #carney #pretrudeau #liberal #liberals #lesterpearson #louisstlaurent
  2. Sharing bits of Canada 'eh🇨🇦 @[email protected] ·

    Decision Point: Canada and the Suez Crisis, 1956

    During the 1956 Suez Crisis, Canadian diplomat Lester B. Pearson proposed a UN peacekeeping force to de-escalate tensions, a move that helped avoid war. His leadership earned Canada global respect and won Pearson the Nobel Peace Prize. So began Canada's modern peacekeeping identity. 🇨🇦 #Canada #SuezCrisis #LesterPearson #UN #Peacekeeping

    thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/

    #peacekeeping #un #lesterpearson #suezcrisis #canada