Social Cold War

Lester Pearson became Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Lester_B._Pearson_with_a_pencil.jpg/260px-Lester_B._Pearson_with_a_pencil.jpg

Lots of Canadian doubting about if there are spies from Russia around them. http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M23109313eef9e33fc1abfa15fd3b09d0o0&w=300&h=175&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0@

UN created in San Francisco. Canada is one of the original members to sign the Charter. The original goal of the UN was to maintain peace in world. The Big five of UN is Russia, China, US, UK and France http://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Mf2ddd09c26a5d19b1709901ed0d263b2o0&w=225&h=111&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.25&pid=1.1

NATO – the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created as a military defense alliance under threat of Russia and its allies. In response The Eastern Bloc countries sign Warsaw pack in 1955.http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M44db5c19cfc7d151aca6873d9794fc8cH0&w=300&h=204&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

Korea: Canada sends 27, 000 troops to the Korean War in a United Nations-supported military action. This is a peace making mission. http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M3df66f3597d1680e6e0a18c54b5221fao0&w=300&h=235&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0&r=0

Out of suggestion of Lester Pearson, the first UN peace keepers be sent to Suez, Egypt to prevents war. http://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.Mf87b9372c8cf5720d3f10488ef71142dH0&w=223&h=148&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.25&pid=1.1

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Diefenbaker’s Conservatives cancel the Avro Arrow project, a high tech aircraft at the time. Indirectly ruined a chance of Canada become technology leader of the world http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M784c48d67b879c6e120b3ac570bc819ao0&w=250&h=135&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.25&pid=1.1

The U.S. and Soviet Union come close to nuclear war. But Canada Prime Minister Diefenbaker at that time refused to place NORAD force on alert. http://tse2.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M436329e8758659c751d96db1f063f8daH0&w=205&h=155&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.25&pid=1.1

Canada participates in a U.N. peacekeeping mission to Cyprus which is an island country in eastern Mediterranean in Europe. http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.M92b7f118f95333dd5fb0ac3a33f00fd4o0&w=233&h=154&c=7&rs=1&qlt=90&o=4&dpr=1.25&pid=1.1q