While looking into MK-Ultra/Canada and trying to figure out why Canadian icon John Diefenbaker would support it, I came across this interesting entrée into alternative Canadian history: https://canadianpatriot.org/2021/07/01/a-canada-day-surprise-how-a-synthetic-nationalism-was-created-to-break-the-us-russia-alliance/.
Diefenbaker, because he was in favor of Canada for Canadians, was forced out in 1963 by Canada’s owners in the UK in favor of figurehead Lester Pearson who was a front for Walter Gordon, an agent of the British Foreign Office.
From other readings I surmise that Diefenbaker was an early Canadian version of Donald Trump. When he came to power in 1957 through a surprising parliamentary victory while losing the popular vote, the Liberal Party of Canada thought they were the entitled rulers of Canada, backed by their British overlords. It took the Liberals six years to regain power and a few more years to bring in Castro’s brother-in-arms, Pierre Trudeau.
In the early ‘70s I graduated from the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus (now the University of Regina). At that time the provost of the University was none other than John Diefenbaker. At my graduation ceremony I had the great pleasure of introducing my maternal grandmother — and perhaps Dief’s greatest fan — to the man himself.
That’s a fascinating piece of history. Thank you for digging that up, AZL. I’ll check out your link.
Dief the Chief!
First Prime Minister I can remember. My sons went to John Diefenbaker high school in Calgary. Their sports teams were called, not surprisingly, the Chiefs!
I always thought he was a good man, but he also killed the Avro Arrow, which was a fantastic jet that was before its time.