Louis St. Laurent had never considered entering public life until almost his 60th birthday. He was sitting at home having his dinner with his wife in November 1941 when a telephone call arrived from Prime Minister W.L. McKenzie King. King had recently received what he considered the grimmest news of the war: his senior and principal political ally, Ernest Lapointe, was terminally ill.
King had a number of profoundly emotional visits with Lapointe in the hospital during his final days: “There was never a deeper love between brothers than has existed between us,” he said to Lapointe. The retention of Quebec support for the government was essential to preserve it. The Conservatives and many English-speaking Liberals would happily have imposed conscription as in 1917 and possibly broken up the country. After Godbout, Lapointe and Quebec’s formidable Cardinal J.M.R.
On April 27, Canada voted on King’s plebiscite; English-Canadians voted 80 per cent in favour of permitting conscription and French-Canadians voted 90 per cent against. King had outsmarted himself and the country could not have been more starkly divided. The senior surviving Quebec minister, Arthur Cardin, resigned and gave an eloquent parliamentary address that profoundly shook the government. St.
As the book notes, St. Laurent brought forward some outstanding future political figures, including Lester Pearson, Jean Lesage, Jack Pickersgill and Robert Winters, and in many other ways, was a forward-looking leader. The authors rightly give St. Laurent credit for devising equalization payments and accepting the British North America Act’s concurrent provincial right to impose income taxes. But they gloss over St.
Some subjects slip between the thematic divisions, but this is a very worthwhile book about one of the most distinguished and successful leaders in Canadian history.
To finish your article, the Liberal Party and it's Leader Lester B. Pearson got their butts kicked out of office in 1957 by the Diefenbaker Conservatives because of the infamous 'Pipeline Debate' in Parliament CPC_HQ erinotoole CTV_PowerPlay brianlilley History repeats itself
Thank you, former CFCC inmate number 18330-424.
Conrad black is a stain!!
Jesus... I keep forgetting Conrad is still around. A fake Canadian (gave it up) still spouting opinion columns.. for of course the np
Holy crap!!! They let you out of jail When did that happen? Oh. You've been out? Hmmm. Never noticed.
Spot on Mr. ConradMBlack . Book is highly recommended.
After Conrad Black claimed Trump won the election, how can you actually continue to give him a platform? He was lying - he's not stupid enough to believe the election was stolen, at all.
Parasitic 1%ers opinions notwithstanding, the most distinguished and successful leader in Canadian history is arguably the father of our national health care Tommy Douglas.
I’ll renew my NP subscript when it ceases to give convicted ConradMBlack a platform to spew his ridiculousness.
Did he go to prison for fraud?
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