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Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson PC OM CC OBE (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian politician, diplomat, statesman, and scholar who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.
Canada’s first Nobel Peace Prize. The Maple Leaf flag. Official bilingualism. The Canada Pension Plan. These are a few of the achievements that can be credited to Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson during his 40 years in public service.
30. Sept. 2014 · Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson is widely considered the father of peacekeeping, a great supporter of the UN, and a gifted individual in international diplomacy. Canada's continued reputation as a conciliatory, multilateralist and peace-minded nation is in part due to Pearson’s contribution.
United Nations peacekeeping. Canada's first Nobel Peace Prize. The Maple Leaf flag. Official bilingualism. The Canada Pension Plan. These are a few of the achievements that can be credited to...
- Bombing The Canal
- Canada Becomes Peacemaker
- Pearson Wins The Nobel Peace Prize
When diplomacy failed to produce a solution, France, Britain and Israel secretly plotted to attack, without informing the US, Canada and other NATOallies. Israeli forces advanced on 29 October to within 42 kilometers of the canal. Britain and France ordered both Israel and Egypt to withdraw from the Canal Zone (a move pre-planned with Israel). Nass...
Publicly, the Canadian government’s role was that of conciliator. Privately, however, Ottawa strongly objected to the military action out of concern that it was dividing the Commonwealth, damaging relations with the US, and risking a wider war. Pearson was Canada’s secretary of state for external affairs (foreign minister) and headed Canada’s deleg...
Pearson won the 1957 Nobel Peace Prizefor his initiative in Egypt. In his acceptance speech, he highlighted Canada's important role in the breakthrough. “I realise also that I share this honour with many friends and colleagues who have worked with me for the promotion of peace and good understanding between peoples. I am grateful for the opportunit...
Lester Pearson on peacekeeping. United Nations peacekeeping. Canada's first Nobel Peace Prize. The Maple Leaf flag. Official bilingualism. The Canada Pension Plan. These are a few of the...
Perhaps more than any Canadian leader in history, Pearson embodies a certain archetypal notion of what it means to be Canadian. For better or worse, he popularized the idea of us as an understated, compassionate, peacemaking people - labels we're still negotiating four decades later.
