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Padlock Act
This act was introduced in Quebec by Maurice Duplessis the Premier of Quebec, becasue it was to protect the province against Communist Propaganda. This also had given the attorney general power to close any house for any purpose whatsoever for a period of time but not for more then one year. This act had given given him more power -
Spies in canada: Gouzenko affair
Igor Gouzenko Was working with the soviet union as a spy and was collecting information. He was working in Canada but when he found out that he and his family were about to be sent back to Russia. He then offered the Canadian Government Secret documents which would expose the work of the soviet spies, but in return he wanted full protection from the soviet. He then went into hiding with his family. The documents were later sent to britain and America. -
Berlin Blockade
In 1948 the soviet union had broken and agreement with its former allies. The Blockade was made to block all supply lines coming in but this had failed because the allies had organized airlifts to provide the food and other supplies that the residents of west berlin needed badly. the blockade did succeed by rasing tensions between the Soviet Union and its former allies. -
International Alliances: NATO
As the Soviet Union openly commmited to spreading its communist system as far as possible, Canada and the United states became very concerned about it national security. Several countries in wesstern Europe had become very conserned, In 1949 Several nations had formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO. -
"The Forgotten War" - The Korean War
In 1950 Communist North Korea, supported by Communist China, decided to attack South Korea. The united states supported south korea against communist aggression. Under american influence, the security council of the United Nations Called on the UN members to help out during the war in south Korea. Of all the member nations only 16 aided the war effort in south Korea. Canada had Ranked third in total aid. -
Avro Arrow
Considered to be both an advanced technical and aerodynamic achievement for the Canadian aviation industry, the CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 ft. (15,000 m), and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's primary interceptor in the 1960s and beyond. Not long after the 1958 start of its flight test program, the development of the Arrow (including its Orenda Iroquois jet engines) was abruptly and controversially halted before the project review -
The Suez Crisis and Pearson wins nobel prize
The Suez Crisis was a diplomatic and military confrontation between in late 1956 between egypt on one side and Britain, France and isreal on the other, with the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Nationsplaying major roles in forcing Britain, France and Isreal to withdraw.Lester B. Pearson had come up with the solution to the end of all this.It was to withdraw all shooting and create a special UN peace keeping force which would monitor the withdrawl of forces. Ended November 7 1956. -
Diefenbaker, Bomarc missiles and nuclear warheads in Canada
John Diefenbaker was the leader of the Conservative and had led them to a minority government in 1957. The Conservative government had cut taxes, helped farmers in western Canada, and raised seniors' pensions from $40 to $55 a month. Later as the Canadian prime minster he helped farmers, he scrapped the expensive avro arrow. He had ordered ready made American Bomarc missles for Canada's defence, but war heads weren't allowed into Canada. -
Sputnik and Canadas space program
Sputnik was the first artiicial earth satellite. It had been launched by the Soviet Union. The United States had later spent billions of dollars to create a laser to destroy ICBMs -
Contiental Alliences: NORAD and DEW line
The North American Air Defence (NORAD) was agreement was signed in 1958. By the terms Canada and America were to help defend each other. Canada had allowed America to buld several defence installations in the northwest territories to create the Distant Early Warning system known as the DEW line. -
Cuban Mislle Crisis
This was a 13- day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in october 1962. It is one of the major confrontations of the Cold War. -
Canada - Soviet Hockey Series
Canada had never beat a European hockey team during the Olympic and World championships. But Canada believed that no european team could beat them. In the final game Paul Henderson scored a goal in the last minutes which had broken the tie and had led Canada to victory. -
The Fall of the Belin Wall
The wall was torn down on this date but it wasn't entirely was not torn down immediately. Starting that day people came to the wall with sledge hammers. Those people were nicknamed "Mauerspechte" or wall woodpeckers. -
The fall of the Soviet Union
The fall of the Soviet Union resulted in the abolition of the Soviet Federal Government and independence of the USSR's republics on 25 December 1991. -
Vietnam War & Draft Dodgers in Canada
Canada had not fought in the vietnam war but the war still had effects on Canada, while Canada and Canadians affected the war, in return. Many americans moved to Canada because they were dodging the draft or "evading conscription" as opposed to desertion or other reasons.
