Pearson would have the reins of power and Canada a new Prime Minister. Canada was thus narrowly spared a continuing crisis. In the first hours after his defeat, Diefenbaker, a proud and ...

This has happened only twice – under prime ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester Pearson. Yet their examples of orderly succession have been largely ignored by subsequent prime ministers.

In a transparent show of Canada's sovereignty and independence against threats from US President Donald Trump, Prime Minister ...

It was exactly 60 years ago that Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson’s dream came true and a distinctive flag for Canada first flew above the Parliament Buildings. It was Feb. 15, 1965. Get a dash ...