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The cold war begins
the cold war began in the wake of world war 2; with germany out of the way, the democratic allies found themselves at odds with the soviet union. -
Canada joins NATO
Canada was a principal initiator of NATO, hoping to create harmony with various European powers involved in NATO and trying to promote democracy -
NewFoundland confederation act
Th newfoundland Referendums were to decide the political future of the dominion of newfoundland. Before them, the counrty was in debt and deciding to join canada, or regain independence. -
Korean war
The korean war was an extension of the cold war, the democratic countries backed the democratic koreans and the soviets backed the communist koreans. -
immigration act
The immigration and nationality act resiticted immigration into the US and governs immigration to the US and citizenship in the US. -
AVRO arrow
The Avro Arrow was an aircraft that went into full scale design and testing mode. This was to be an al Canadian fighter and would do much to support and assist the aerospace industry in Cana -
The end of the Korean war
The Korean war ended when the armistice was signed. the agreement created the Korean demilitarized zone to sperate North and South Korea, and allowed the return of prisoners. -
Vietnam war
vietnam war started after the french exited the region and gave communists control of part of north vietnam the anti-communists in most of vietnam started to try to eradicated communism. -
Warsaw Pact
The warsaw pact was a reaction to the addition of west germany to NATO in 1954. This helped aid contries for defence -
Seuz crisis
Canada's leader Pearson failed to make the British and French forces keep peace so he mad a UN force that eventually drew out most contries from battle. -
John Diefenbaker
John was the 13th prime minister of Canada who was the only progressive conservative party leader to lead the party to an election victory 3 times. -
Canada joins NORAD
Canada and the US worked together in taking defensive measures to protect the US against attacks from the soviet Union. -
Quiet Revolution
The quiet revolution was a time of intense socio-cultural/political change in Quebec characteruzed by the secularization of society, the creation of welfare state, and realignment of politics. -
Cuban Missile crisis
President Kenndy found soviets using nuclear weapons in cuba resulting in warning to disabling them and to not invade Cuba. -
Lester Pearson
Lester Pearson was prime minister who in 1957 won a nobel peace prize for his peacekeeping activities around the world. -
National Medicare act
Medicare is the unofficial name for Canada's publicly funded universal health insurance system. the formal term is provided by CHA and the Health insurance legislation of the individual providence -
Trudeau
Was the first Canadian Prime Minister to appoint women to be a speaker of the senate, speaker of the house of commons, and Governor General -
White Paper
The 1969 White paper was a Canadian policy paper proposal by PM Pierre Trudeau in 1969. This paper would abolish the Indian Act and eliminate "Indian" as a legal status so equality among all Canadians would result. -
October crisis
The October crisis was a series of events triggered with two kidnappings of government officials by members of the FLQ during October 1970 in the province of Quebec. -
The end of the Vietnam war
The war ended when the north captured saigon, the capital of the south, and united the country as a communist nation. -
immigration act
Canada was insured in 1978 by parliament of Canada. It focused in who should be allowed into Canada, not on who shouldn't be. the act came into force in 1978, along with new immigration regulations. -
USSR invades Afghanistan
in 1978, communists took control of afghanistan, then anti-communist forces rebelled, so the soviets invaded to support the communist faction. -
Jeane sauve
Was a canadian journalist, politician, and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 23rd since Canadian Confederation. -
Canadian Multiculturalism act
Is a law that aims to preserve and enhance multiculturalism in Canada. It made sure all Canadian citizens were equal, and aboriginal rights and the countrys official language were set. -
Meech Lake Accord
The Meech Lake Accord was a package of proposed amendments to the constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by PM Brian Mulroney and 10 others. It was supposed to increase support in Quebec for remaining in Canada. Its rejection energized support for Quebec sivereignty. -
Gulf War
Canadian forces provided combat air patrols working with th US naval air force to protect the canadian and Persian-Gulf fleet from Iraq air attacks. -
Oka standoff
The Oka Crisis was a land dispute between Mohawk people and their town of Oka, Quebec, and Canada. Cpl Marcel Lamay was kiled by an unknown source because he was working on an internal investigation trying to connect the murder of two Mohawk men to SQ guns. -
Rwanda
Canada and other UN countries moved to end the bloodshed and restore order. The UN undertook peace missions to Rwanda from 1993-96, the largest being UNAMIR in which Canada played a leading role. -
NAFTA agreement
The natfa agreement created free trade, generated economic growth, and helped to raise the standard of living for the USA, Canada, and Mexico
