Prime ministers: St.Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Trudeau
All four of these Prime ministers brought many great things to the Canadian Society between 1948 and 1979.
*St.Laurent - 1948-57, Liberal,oil and mining boomed under him, built the St.Lawrence Seaway and Trans-Canada Highway, New Foundland entered Confederation in 1949
*John Diefenbaker - 1957-1963- Conservative, Called the "Chief" due to his speaking ability, brought in the Canadian Bill of Rights
*Lester B. Pearson - 1963-1968- Suez Crisis, Nobel prize winner, appointed Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism introduced Canada Pension Plan and Medicare, Introduced Canada's Maple Leaf flag after much debate pin 1965
*Pierre Elliott Trudeau - 1968-1979- Liberal, Brought in the Official Languages Act in 1969, income tax cuts, improved benefits for poor and elderly
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