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M. GrégoireDiefenbaker was a prime minister who knew how to stand up to the U.S. <a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/bob-plamondon-diefenbaker-was-a-prime-minister-who-knew-how-to-stand-up-to-the-u-s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nationalpost.com/opinion/bob-plamondon-diefenbaker-was-a-prime-minister-who-knew-how-to-stand-up-to-the-u-s</a>The article focuses on the personal dislike of <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a> and <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/JohnFKennedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnFKennedy</a>, rather than on substantive issues like the Bomarc missiles. ( <a href="https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bomarc-missile-crisis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/bomarc-missile-crisis</a> )<a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/Diefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diefenbaker</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/JFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JFK</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPol</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/NationalPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalPost</a>

M. Grégoire<a href="https://beige.party/@Sir_Osis_of_Liver" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Sir_Osis_of_Liver</a> Nah. If you listen to <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PierrePoilievre</a>'s speech when he won the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPC</a> leadership, he specifically praises the Queen (who had died the day before), and <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a>. Old PCs mostly feel at home in the CPC.The PCs had serious misgivings about the principles and positions of the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/ReformParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReformParty</a> in the early 90s, but by the time of the merger with the <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanadianAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanadianAlliance</a>, they saw the other party as a 90% friend rather than a 10% enemy.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@gemelliz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gemelliz</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/CanPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanPol</a> <a href="https://cosocial.ca/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a>

Canadian History EhxIt is <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/NationalCakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalCakeDay</a>!As his wife Olive looks on, former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker cuts his birthday cake on Sept. 21, 1967 in Winnipeg. Only 12 days earlier, he was ousted as leader of the Progressive Conservatives.📸U of S JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 1675<a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Cdnpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a>

Canadian History EhxThis cute little baby would grow up to become Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. Yep, that's John "Dief the Chief" Diefenbaker, as a baby in 1896.<a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrimeMinister</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Cdnpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canpoli</a> 📸U of S Archives JGD/MG01/XVII/JGD 44

Canadian History EhxJohn Diefenbaker and his wife Olive at a 1965 costume party. He’s dressed as Dief the Chief of Police and she is wearing a hat of flowers.📸 University of Saskatchewan Archives <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/johndiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#johndiefenbaker</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histodon</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histodons</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/primeminister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#primeminister</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/parliament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#parliament</a>

Canadian History EhxA crowd gathers at Thunder Bay on Aug. 20, 1979 to see the body of former PM John Diefenbaker, who died on Aug. 16. His body was being transported to Saskatoon. It was said it was the largest crowd seen at the station since local residents saw troops go off to war in the Second World War.<a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/PM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PM</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrimeMinister</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canpol</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodon</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/ThunderBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThunderBay</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Diefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diefenbaker</a> 📸 Toronto Star TSPA_0043653F

Canadian History EhxPrime Minister John Diefenbaker is inducted into the Whitecap Dakota First Nation on May 27, 1959. Chief Harry Littlecrow gives him the name Chief Walking Buffalo. As PM, Diefenbaker gave the Indigenous people the vote & appointed the 1st Indigenous Senator, James Gladstone.<a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/PrimeMinister" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrimeMinister</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/JohnDiefenbaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JohnDiefenbaker</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/PrimeMinisterofCanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrimeMinisterofCanada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histdon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histdon</a> <a href="https://canada.masto.host/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a>

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