Lester B Pearson
In 1963 after I won the election taking over John Diefenbaker the one thing I wanted to do was to restore the relationship between Canada and the United States. Diefenbaker usually goes along with the US decision and because of that US dominated Canada's Culture that was one thing I wanted to change. During the Vietnam War when most countries were choosing sides I (Canada) was quite and did not chose one. I did not want to participate and help the US because it would "compromise Canada's neutrality on the ICC" (International Control Commission). Although I did not participate in the war I gave the US 500 firms and 10billion dollars worth of food and beverages to the US troops. Because I did not participate in the war Canada's unemployment rate fell to the all time low 3.9%. Unites States were furious at me because I did not participate in the war which made our relationship get affected. On April 2 1965 i made a speech at Temple University in Philadelphia. I criticized the US government. This made US president Lyndon Johnson furious. The next day when Johnson met with me he held me by my lapels and told me how he felt very angrily. USA started to draft people to help fight in the war because they needed more soldiers to help fight in the war. The people who got drafted started fleeing to other countries most went to Canada. I allowed these draft dodger and deserters (A soldier who left his unit without official authorization) to immigrate to Canada. This also made the US mad. The draft dodgers were usually White, middle class, young men who finished university. In 1964 and 1973 it was estimated for 20,000 draft dodgers and 12,000 deserters found refugee in Canada. However, Canadian citizens took this decisions differently about 30,000 volunteered to fight with US to fight in the Vietnam War.
In 1963 after I won the election taking over John Diefenbaker the one thing I wanted to do was to restore the relationship between Canada and the United States. Diefenbaker usually goes along with the US decision and because of that US dominated Canada's Culture that was one thing I wanted to change. During the Vietnam War when most countries were choosing sides I (Canada) was quite and did not chose one. I did not want to participate and help the US because it would "compromise Canada's neutrality on the ICC" (International Control Commission). Although I did not participate in the war I gave the US 500 firms and 10billion dollars worth of food and beverages to the US troops. Because I did not participate in the war Canada's unemployment rate fell to the all time low 3.9%. Unites States were furious at me because I did not participate in the war which made our relationship get affected. On April 2 1965 i made a speech at Temple University in Philadelphia. I criticized the US government. This made US president Lyndon Johnson furious. The next day when Johnson met with me he held me by my lapels and told me how he felt very angrily. USA started to draft people to help fight in the war because they needed more soldiers to help fight in the war. The people who got drafted started fleeing to other countries most went to Canada. I allowed these draft dodger and deserters (A soldier who left his unit without official authorization) to immigrate to Canada. This also made the US mad. The draft dodgers were usually White, middle class, young men who finished university. In 1964 and 1973 it was estimated for 20,000 draft dodgers and 12,000 deserters found refugee in Canada. However, Canadian citizens took this decisions differently about 30,000 volunteered to fight with US to fight in the Vietnam War.
This picture is describing how angry Lyndon B Johnson because of the speech Lester B Person did in Philadelphia. He grabbed by his lapels and started yelling at him Pearson was so shocked he did that he didn't now what to do. It also sows the great height difference between Johnson and Pearson.