"Brett" wrote in message
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And Pearson's Liberals won by "embracing" the idea - nice switch by
them, they were "anti" when Diefenbaker first started down the path and
it was Pearson's government that signed the agreements.

This was the classic Canadian political wedge issue, and Pearson was able
to cleave the Conservative constituency with it and set a course that
would allow the Liberals to form four governments in succession (albeit
with two minorities).

My father got in severe ca-ca over this. Douglas Harkness, then MND, went
to a mess dinner at H.M.C.S. Carelton, where my dad was the naval
reserve's Int and PR officer. During dinner Harkness spoke against Dief's
(irrational) policy, revealing the break in cabinet solidarity. My father
promptly wrote a press release about MND's remarks and it landed him in
hot water; he was asked not to parade. Dief lost the election that
resulted from the loss of confidence in the Conservative government, and
my father was asked back. (I am sure my father voted neither Conservative
nor Liberal in that election.)

Try reading the book it basically agrees with Peter Stickney's comment
about Canada and the "Nuke Bandwagon".

We did not fully dismount from the "Nuke Bandwagon" until about 1993 when
we ceased teaching nuclear fire planning on the Artillery Staff Duties
Course and at the Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College.
--
Andrew Chaplin
SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO
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