For a long time the debates had been going about how was the better prime minister of Canada. On the the top of most lists of best prime ministers are Mackenzie King and Sir John A. Macdonald. For example, according to the Expert Survey that was made in 2013 “Laurier came first, Macdonald second, and King third, but the difference in their overall scores was negligible”. Both prime ministers had a strong vision of the country that helped shaped Canada to become the country it is today(in 2015).
Thesis: Sir John A.Macdonald was one of the founding fathers, but William Lyon Mackenzie King had to lead the country through the part of Depression and WWII, and they both have made different positive contributions to Canada and are highly respected
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He once said "A true man does not only stand up for himself, he stands up for those that do not have the ability to." and lived up to this words. King stood up for the Canadian by introducing number of important social programs.They include unemployment insurance, family allowance, old age pension, as well as proposing health insurance. By introducing family allowance King helped many families with children during the second world war by giving them the money that they needed, because of the inflation that was happening at the time. In present days Canadians with children still enjoy the benefits from the government. Another successful social program established by Mackenzie King was the Old Age Pension Security Act. It allowed people over the age of 70 to receive up to $20 a month for their hand work. The amount paid and the age had been changed over time, but the idea stayed the same. Aside from social welfare was his belief to keep French and English speaking Canadians united.The unity of the country was very important to King, he was a nation-builder and avoided making controversial decisions and tried to stay natural. For example, at the beginning of the second world war King promised that there would be no conscription, but as the war continued he understood that he could not keep …show more content…
Macdonald often called the father of Confederation, he is the first and second longest serving prime minister in Canada for that many consider him the best leader in Canada. For example said Wilfrid Laurier, said in the House of Commons, June 8, 1891: "It may be said without any exaggeration whatever, that the life of Sir John Macdonald, from the time he entered Parliament, is the history of Canada." Conservative Senator Hugh Segal said “Macdonald 's legacy to the country is the country itself,” Macdonald shaped the modern Canada and wanted to see it united. He foresaw the expansion of Canada “from sea to sea” and during his leadership, aside for the four original province, Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island joined Canada. Macdonald dream was creating the National Railway which would also unify the country, and the railway was built through hard work, sweat and blood in ten years. National Railway was very significant to expansion and growing of Canada. Historian George Stanley wrote in The Canadians, "Bonds of steel as well as of sentiment were needed to hold the new Confederation together. Without railways there would be and could be no Canada." While Macdonald was country leader he tried to allow women and Aboriginal people to vote in 1880’s. He attempted to pass the bill, but got nowhere with it . During his leadership in 1873, he established the North-West Mounted Police that was sent to Alberta and Saskatchewan. If it was not so successful
As a result of Cartier’s intensive work uniting all provinces of Canada and promoting harmony between the English and French, he is considered to be the true architect of Confederation. When making decisions that have a profound impact on the future of Canada, he always looked at the final goal of uniting all the provinces while giving each its own identity. Cartier was someone who was able to make swift and accurate decisions that had an intense impact and huge benefit for Canada in the long run. Despite his efforts of bringing Canada together, there were still physical
Over the early years of 1900 I believe that Canada is a divided and self-centered country because of the four problems Laurier faced during that time period. Firstly Laurier was divided between English Canadian and French Canadians. Whatever he did he seemed to never be able to please either side or get them to agree on the same point. In the Boer War English Canadians and French Canadians had a disagreement over the fact that if they should be sending army troops over to South Africa to help out Britain in the war.
Reign of Trudeau Canada has 23 different Prime Minsters that was in charge of Canada since 1871, but all of these men did not have a positive effect on Canada, while they were in office. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minster of Canada was an exception. For 15 years of being Prime Minster, Trudeau was a great Prime Minster because he united a country which was historically divided and ushered it in a unique bilingually identity. During his time in the office, Trudeau made great advancements in social, political and cultural spheres of Canada.
Lester. B.Pearson was renowned as one of Canada 's greatest Prime Ministers. But the successes in his career overshadowed the few, but impactful failures. His title as Nobel peace prize winner and father of Canadian peacekeeping efforts acts as cover for his war motivated failures. From allowing the sale of toxic chemicals to the U.S. and allowing the testing of chemical weapons on canadian soil.
The new Constitution and Charter were controversial in the provinces, but Pierre Trudeau’s determination
It takes a lot of courage and manpower to run a country especially such a big one like Canada. William Mackenzie-King was born 1874, he served as prime minister from 1921-30 and 1935-48. Considering he served for twenty-three year and he served as the longest standing Canadian PM through the great depression and a world war, he made few mistakes mostly not recognizing and acting during the depression. William Lyon Mackenzie King was a semi-successful prime minister considering the economic and military conflict that was present in Canada at the time of his reign. He had a close friendship with the American prime minister, Franklin Roosevelt ultimately helping the Canadian and british war effort.
Macdonald Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald once remarked, "I had no boyhood," an understatement if there ever was one Indeed, John A.'s Dickensian childhood, filled with poverty, alcoholism, and the beating death of his five-year-old brother at the hands of a drunken baby-sitter (a friend of his father, Hugh's), set the stage for a political power grab that has seen no equal in Canadian history. He is not the god in Canada but a demon who must be responsible for the mistake he had done before. It is the first book which introduces the turbulent personal life of this fascinating father of Confederation being written by Phenix Patricia. The writer used Macdonald’s family journals, diaries, and never seen letters before to explore the trouble man behind Canada’s most successful Politian.
He loved and took amazing care of his mother and even after her death continued to respect what she would have wanted. He also strived to be like his maternal grandfather who had served as a Canadian leader in the Upper Canada Rebellion, and as the first mayor of Toronto. This, along with his parents constantly encouraged him to get into law and politics, led to him eventually taking office and for that we can all be grateful. King truly was an honourable, valiant, and innovative leader. Both in his public and private life.
He changed Canada into an ideology of diversity, freedom, equality and humanity. His work and patriotism made Canada into one of the world’s greatest nations. Trudeau, brought multiculturalism into Canadian heritage. He made French and English the official languages of Canada, to please all Canadians. He gave Canada our own constitution.
Pierre Trudeau is definitely one of Canada’s most successful Prime Ministers. He was able to bring Canada together by implementing the Official Language Act resolving the October Crisis and repatriating, creating Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Pierre Trudeau was born in Montreal on October 18, 1919. He was raised in a wealthy Montreal suburb of Outremont. As he growing up he and his sibling spoke both French and English.
The Prime Minister Mackenzie King made it crystal clear that Canada can decide on its own foreign policy. This was completely different as in WWI Canada was forced to join the war without having a choice.
Charles Fisher was a man who brought momentous change to New Brunswick. His father’s political work influenced Charles’s later journey into politics. He was the leading lawyer of his day and a Father of Confederation. He contributed to composing the British North America Act. Despite his blunt language and stubborn behavior, he played a significant role in helping New Brunswick join the Confederation.
Pearson was “a wonderful compromiser …he could bring together opposites” (Baldwin 31) which is what connects him and other great leaders together in leaving a great influence on their country. Then, there is the controversy between Diefenbaker and Pearson, which caused many doubts in Canadians towards Pearson’s choices/judgment. However, in the midst of those doubts Pearson managed to prove that he was the ideal leader for Canada by _____ ________________________________. In all, throughout Pearson’s political life despite the flaws and controversy, he indeed established unity in Canada by the skills he provided through the leadership we pay tribute to
Firstly, he worked to maintain a unity and peace within the nation. Before becoming the Prime Minister, King resolved labor strikes peacefully and introduced the Industrial Investigation Act during the time he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Labor. This act allowed a closer inspection of workers’ conditions and aimed to prevent exploitation of workers in the future. Seeing their income secured, Canadian workers had more motivation to work and the community carried on its interactions peacefully. Secondly, in the later stage of Canada’s development, King’s adoption of various programs sought to give Canadians more social security.
The independence gained from Canada’s successful contributions to battles allowed their forces to fight under their own command. Canada was recognized at the Paris Peace Conference and signed The Treaty of Versailles independently. Later on, Canada joined the League of Nations, making their mark in world politics. The nation that was once fully controlled by Great Britain, rose to prove their value to the world, as Mr. Laurier