Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961) | The Brian Mulroney Institute of Government

Louis St. Laurent (1948-1957) and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)

1954 Building of the St. Lawrence Seaway:
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/42880322
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/23266021
President Eisenhower signs the St. Lawrence Seaway Act:
- https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-president-eisenhower-at-signs-the-saint-lawrence-seaway-act-of-1954-87527297.html
- https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1952-54v06p2/d991
The first formal meeting with the North American Leaders (President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Laurent, and Mexican President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, where the leaders discussed democracy when the Cold War was heating up):
- https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/nee94118
For the correspondence between President Eisenhower & Prime Minister Laurent following the meeting:
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/exchange-messages-between-the-president-and-the-prime-minister-canada-following-meeting
MacDonald Laurier Publication on Louis St. Laurent as Prime Minister (his policies with and independent of the US talking about the Canadian Economy after the Second World War, NATO, St. Lawrence Seaway, Korean War, and the Suez Crisis):
- https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-files/pdf/202103_MARCH_Inside_Policy_FWeb.pdf
- https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/assets/po/the-best-pms-in-the-past-50-years/morton.pdf
Canada and NATO (the birth of NATO, Canadian troops deployed in Western Europe under the integrated military force of the American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, etc):
- https://natoassociation.ca/the-history-of-canadas-involvement-in-the-creation-of-nato/
Dwight E. Eisenhower's address to a joint session of Parliament in Ottawa in 1953 where he famously says "it is still a fact that our common frontier grows stronger every year, defended only by friendship.":
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-before-joint-session-the-parliament-canada
- https://www.nytimes.com/1953/11/15/archives/text-of-eisenhower-speech-in-canadian-parliament.html
Joint Statement following discussion with Prime Minister Laurent and President Eisenhower during the Korean War:
- https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/joint-statement-following-discussions-with-prime-minister-st-laurent-canada
The Suez Crisis and the politics between Canada, the Middle East, the UK and the US:

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