Commentary
In troubled times, it can be helpful to ponder the thoughts of learned people of compassion and action. Lester Bowles Pearson in Canada and John Fitzgerald Kennedy in the United States were two such people.
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Opinion
Pearson’s Defence of Democratic Values 6 Decades Ago Rings True Today
Lester B. Pearson and John F. Kennedy—warriors, writers, statesmen—had much in common
U.S. President John F. Kennedy chats with Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson as they walk toward the helicopter that flew Pearson back to Ottawa after a visit to the Kennedy family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass., in 1963. The two heads of government had spent two days discussing American-Canadian relations. The Associated Press
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Brad Bird
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Brad Bird began his career by freelancing in the 1970s. He worked for the Winnipeg Free Press in the 1980s and various smaller papers since, as well as abroad in conflict zones and for a Conservative MP in the Harper government. Also an author, he divides his time between Manitoba and B.C.
