1. Post War Canada
CHC2D Summer

2. Cold War Begins WW 2 1939 – 1945 Two superpowers USA vs. USSR
NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
Capitalism / Democracy vs. Communism
Igor Gouzenko spy controversy in Ottawa

3. United Nations (UN) Big Five  USA, Britain, France and USSR, China
Canada  Middle Power
Goals
World Peace
Justice & Law
Human Rights & Equality
Friendly Relations

4. Louis St. Laurent Era 1948 - 1957 Baby Boom  suburbia
Immigration  workers help build homes, cars & roads for the economic boom
Korean War – UN peacekeeping
Suez Crisis  UN Emergency Force

5. John Diefenbaker Era
Quiet Revolution  Quebec Premier Duplessis’s death leads to reform & modernization
Maitres chez nous (Masters in our own house)  Quebecois not Canadien
Canadian Bill of Rights 1960
NORAD  Bomarc Missiles not Avro Arrow
Cuban Missile Crisis – poor relationship with Pres. Kennedy

6. Lester Pearson Era
Canada Pension Plan, Canada Assistance Plan, Medicare
New flag 1965
Submitted to USA with nuclear Bomarc missiles in Canada
Auto Pact 1965  good jobs & inexpensive cars
Expo 67 Centennial Celebration

7. Pierre Trudeau Era
Trudeaumania – landslide election victory
Official Languages Act 1969  bilingualism (English/French)
October Crisis 1970  War Measures Act used to put down FLQ terrorism
Parti Quebecois  Bill 101
1980 Constitutional Crisis
Constitution Act 1982 – Charter of Rights and Freedoms

8. Brian Mulroney Era 1984 - 1993 Close with US President Reagan
Free Trade Agreement (FTA) election issue in 1988
FTA  NAFTA = USA-Mexico -Canada 1993
Meech Lake Accord – Quebec recognized as “distinct society”
Charlottetown Accord – failed as well in 1992 referendum
Oka Standoff – Aboriginal rights

9. Cold War Ends USSR – new leader Gorbachev  “perestroika” & “glasnost”
Warsaw Pact loosened  Iron Curtain falls
Berlin Wall torn down in 1989
USSR  breaks into smaller democratic countries by 1991