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Quebec's Padlock Act
The Padlock Act was an Act passed by the Union Nationale Government. This Act was put in place to stop the spread of communist propaganda throughout the provine of Quebec. This law clearly denied the right of freedom of speech to individauls and this law was struck down in 1957 and it no longer exsited -
Spies In Canada: Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko was born in the Soviet Union in 1919. Igor trained in intelligence work, he was assingned to the Soviet Embass. During the course of his work Igor had to stop Soviet spies in Canada from trying to steal documents about the atomic bomb. Igor in return asked for permanent protection. Igor followed through and in total he supplied 18 of the 39 Soviet spies. Igor chose freedom over dictatorship. -
Berlin Blockade
In 1948 the Soviet Union broke an agreement with it's former allies. It attempted to force the allies to give up their established rights to occupy the western part of the former German captial city. It attempted to physically block all supply lines to west Berlin. This blockade failed because the allies were able to have a organized air lift the food and supply that residents of west Berlin needed badly. -
"The Forgotten War" The Korean War
In 1950 Communist North Korea and Communist China, decided to attack South Korea. The United States along with Canada supported South Korea in this war. Canada would send out 25,000 men Canada ranked third in total aid. Canada saw action before the truce to stop shooting in 1953. Over 1000 Canadians were wounded and 406 Canadians were killed. The UN was able to ensure the independence of South Korea -
UN Peacekeeping The Suez Crisis and Pearson Wins Nobel Peace Prize
In 1948 the United nations recognized the new state of Israel. Some people were not happy that Israel exsisted and wished to destroy them those people were the Arabs. Iseral was located in a very strategic postion making it very valuable. In 1956 Egyptian leader General Nasser decided to take over full control of the Suez Canal which was an important waterway connecting the mediterranen and the red seas en route to the indian ocean. France, Britian and Israel secertly agreed to regain control of -
UN Peacekeeping The Suez Crisis and Pearson Wins Nobel Prize Part 2
it. Israel forces followed by France and Britian attacked Egypt . The Soviet Union threated to come to aid of Egypt. The NORAD partners did not agree with the attack on Egypt. This set the stage for a serious international conflict. Until Lester Pearson, Canada's secretary of state had a plan to end all shooting and for Un Peacekeepers to partrol the border. This plan was accepted and was very successful. In 1957 Lester Pearson was awarded The Noble Peace Prize. -
Continental Alliances: NORAD and DEW line
Fuelled by the arms race of the Cold War and the development of the longe-range missiles. North America decided that they need to take action thais why they created NORAD which was an agreement for Canada and the U.S. to help each otherout. Canada permitted the Americans to build several defense installions in the Northwest territories to create Distant Early Warning system known as DEW. DEW line can pick up approaching enemy aircrafts from 4800km away -
Sputnik and Canada's Space Program
In 1957 the Soviets launched the first Sputnik satellite was not the problem but the rocket that put the Sputnik in orbit could also be used to deliver a nuclear warhead. This made the North Americans feel uneasy about how the Soviets military advantage had increased. The Americans respond by creating a few long range missiles known as ICBM's. By 1962 the world was once agian on the brink of war. -
Avro Arrow and It's Cancellation
In 1958 John Diefenbaker was elected Prime Minister. Diefenbaker made promises to help Canada. One of them was the building of the Avro Arrow which was a supersonic, interceptor jet being devoloped and built by Canadians. Diefenbaker decided to scrap the jet costing 14,000 and a lot of angry Canadians -
Diefenbaker, Bimarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
In 1958, the Conservative government of John Diefenbaker deployed 56 American-made Bomarc missiles in Ontario and Quebec. Canada was not sure how they felt about having nuclear wepons on Canadian soil so it was a big controversy which eventually led to it being wavied, but in 1963 they allowed it to happen again. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviets had missiles on the island of Cuba. From Cuba missiles could accuretly hit North America. This got Kennedy worried and Kennedy took action by creating a blockade which eventually stopped the missile launch -
The Fall Of The Berlin Wall
In 1961 the Berlin walll was constructed by the GDR. This wall was made to prevent massive emigration and defection that marked Germany and the Communist Eastern Bloc during the post WW2 period. The wall was eventually destroyed and everyone celebrated this event. -
The Fall Of The Soviet Union
In December of 1991, as the world watched in amazement, seperated in to 15 different countries. This was due to improving relationships between the Soviet Union and the U.S.which when the eventually agreeded to end the cold war. The fall of the Soviet Union brought an end to the Cold War between the world's two superpowers. -
Vietnam War and Draft Dodgers
Draft Dogdeing was made popular in the Vietnam war. Draft Dodgeing when is someone without receiving a valid leave of absence or discharge and without any intention of returning to the service. This happened a lot in the Vietnam war when a lot of Americans avioded the draft by coming to Canada.
