After giving up any hope of returning to the country's top political office, former prime ministers usually leave political life altogether. No former prime minister has served in provincial or municipal office. Most have left the Commons, with only John Diefenbaker and Joe Clark running for ...
These words, spoken by Lester B. Pearson during theinaugural ceremony of the Red Maple Leaf flagon February 15, 1965 at Parliament Hill, highlight precisely what he aspired to achieve—a uniquely Canadian identity. Few prime ministers can attest to leaving a legacy so great as to have forged ...
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Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King (right) and Mr. Norman Robertson (left) attending the Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, London, England, May 1, 1944. It was during this time period that Norman Robertson, Under Secretary of State for External Affairs, and his special assistant Gordon R...
Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin he then shaped Allied strategy in World War II, and after the breakdown of the alliance he alerted the West to the expansionist threat of the Soviet Union. He led the Conservative Party back to office in 1951 and remained prime minister until 1955, when ill ...
It’s important that you arrive on time. In my case I arrived half an hour beforehand, and I suggest you do the same to be on the safe side. Nevertheless, in my case arriving early turned out to be a moot point because the appointment was at 1pm, and the office was closed between...
among other senior positions in the past, was the director of research and analysis in the Israel Defence Force’s Military Intelligence division — noted that most western leaders had visited Israel since Oct. 7, yet prime ministers Trudeau and Anthony Albanese of Australia were conspicuo...
Sean Wilson, who runs the writers festival in Ottawa, notes little interest in “the First or Second World wars, brave heroes, Canadian prime ministers or books that the status quo is okay. … Given the dumpster fire that reality has become, the past doesn’t intrigue me unless it is ...
and theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police(Government of Canada, Overview, 2007). The activities of these various departments and agencies are coordinated by theCabinet in Committee on Afghanistan; comprised of senior cabinet ministers, this committee reports to the Prime Minister and other cabinet committees...
The Chinese strategy is to gather information in bite-sized portions Another of Parton’s recommendations is aimed at foiling “elite capture,” the practice of offering ex-ministers and former senior public servants “life-changing amounts of money” to work for companies or en...