In 1956, a brilliant diplomat named Lester B. Pearson led Canada into middle power respectability when he pulled the world back from the brink of war in the Middle East. In 1956, the first large ...

At the height of the Cold War, Canada joined its southern neighbour in an effort to unearth homegrown communists, real or imagined. Minister of External Affairs Lester B. Pearson cautioned against ...