Diefenbaker
Americannoun
noun
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The Writers’ Trust of Canada said Newman’s 1963 book “Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years” about former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker had “revolutionized Canadian political reporting with its controversial ‘insiders-tell-all’ approach.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023
Nor at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, with its academic and popular programs on this country’s complicated culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2020
THE last time Canada and the United States sat down to hammer out a deal over controlling the flow of the Columbia river, Dwight Eisenhower was president and John Diefenbaker prime minister.
From Economist • May 31, 2018
On Feb. 20, 1959, the Conservative government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker killed the program and bought American interceptor missiles to replace the Arrow.
From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2017
The move triggered a crisis for the Conservatives and prompted Diefenbaker to call an election, which he lost.
From Reuters • Apr. 30, 2015
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