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Conversations with John Diefenbaker

This title is a part of the series Conversations with Canada's Prime Ministers


Numéro de catalogue:  CTV717
Producteur:  CTV
Sujet:  Étude des premières nations, Études mondiales canadiennes, Études sociales, Études sociales canadiennes, Histoire, Histoire du Canada, Politique canadienne, Questions autochtones
Langue:  Anglais
Niveau scolaire:  9 - 12, Post-secondaire
Pays d'origine:  Canada
Durée:  39


Demande de pré-visionnement

John George Diefenbaker was born in Neustadt, Ontario on September 18, 1895. He was Prime Minister of Canada from June 21, 1957 to April 22, 1963. During his term, he championed the Canadian Bill of Rights in 1958 and gave all Aboriginal people the right to vote in 1960. Mr. Diefenbaker was the first Prime Minister to appoint a woman Cabinet Minister and the first to appoint an Aboriginal person to the Senate. John Diefenbaker died on August 16, 1979. In this segment, Diefenbaker discusses his youth in the west, his thoughts on constitutional amendments, the Bill of Rights, the role of justice, the development of northern Canada and his legacy as Prime Minister.

In November 1969, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Bill of Rights superseded all other statutes passed in Canada since Confederation. Prime Minister John Diefenbaker discusses the importance of an end to discrimination of various groups in Canada.

 


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