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Gr 10 academic history exam “quote” review. 20 th century Prime Ministers and Other notable Canadian politicians. “the government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.” “you are not a true canadian until you have made love in a canoe.”. Quote #1. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Gr 10 academic historyexam “quote” review
20th century Prime Ministers and
Other notable Canadian politicians
Quote #1
• “the government has no place in the bedrooms of the nation.”
• “you are not a true canadian until you have made love in a canoe.” Pierre Trudeau, PM 1968-
1979 and 1980 - 1984
Quote #2
• “Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary.”
• “we will do nothing to combat the great depression.”
William L.M. King, PM 1920 -30 and 1935 - 48
Quote #3
• “There is an iron curtain that has descended on europe, separating the democratic and communist countries.”
PM Churchill 1940 - 1945
Quote #4
• “Confederation is only yet in the gristle, and it will require five years more before it hardens into bone.”
• “I love being the first prime minister in Canada’s history.” Sir John A. Macdonald, PM
1878- 1891
Quote #5
• “We must send peacekeepers to the Suez.”
• “The choice, however, is as clear now for nations as it was once for the individual: peace or extinction.” Lester B. Pearson, PM 1963 - 68
Quote #6
• “I must cancel the Avro Arrow program.”
• “I am the first Prime Minister of this country of neither altogether English nor French origin. So I determined to bring about a Canadian citizenship that knew no hyphenated consideration” John Diefenbaker, PM 1957 - 63
Quote #7
• “I didn’t sell those airplanes for personal profit.”
• “You cannot name a Canadian prime minister who has done as many significant things as I did, because there are none.”
Brian Mulroney, PM 1984 - 1993
Quote #8
• “A la prochaine fois.”
Rene Levesque, Premier of Quebec 1976 - 1985
Quote #9
• “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven.”
• “If I am elected, I will cancel the GST.”
Jean Chretien, PM 1993 - 2003
Quote #10
• “Those jobless Easterner’s need to get out of Calgary.”
• “Quebec is part of Canada as much as a cat in the mouth of a crocodile is a part of the crocodile."
Ralph Klein, Premier of Alberta
Quote #11
• “That didn’t last long. I can’t believe they re-elected Trudeau.”
• “Maybe I won’t be known as Joe Who anymore.”
Joe Clark, PM for a few months
Quote #12
• “I'd be prouder still to say I was Canada's 10th woman prime minister.”
• “That Brian Mulroney left me and the conservative party in a bit of a hole after he resigned….how am I gonna win the next election.”
Kim Campbell, 1st Female Prime Minister of Canada
Quote #13
• “Dec 7th, a day which will live in infamy…”
• “We will stay out of world war ii as long as possible…despite my own personal view on the subject.”
Franklin Roosevelt, US President from 1933 - 1945
Quote #14
• “I shall prorogue Parliament, because Canada cannot be governed by three parties.”
• “If I was PM when the USA entered Iraq looking for weapons of mass destruction, Canada would be there too.” Stephen Harper, PM 2006 to
present
Quote #15
• “This new St Lawrence Seaway will open up the great lakes to international shipping.”
• “these new construction projects will leave a lasting legacy in postwar Canada.” Louis St. Laurent, PM 1948 - 1957
Quote #16
• “The victory today at Vimy Ridge will be a defining moment in Canadian history.”
• “I am going to change the voter eligibility in this election of 1917.”
Sir Robert Borden, PM 1911 - 20
Quote #17
• “The 19th Century belonged to the USA but I think the 20th Century will definitely belong to Canada ”
• “I don’t think that Canada should have conscription in 1917.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier, PM 1894 - 1911
Quote #18
• “Oh great, I won the election of 1930, now all I have to deal with is this great depression.”
R.B. Bennett, PM 1930 - 1935
Quote #19
• “I think that Canada needs a universal healthcare system.”
Tommy Douglas, NDP Leader and Winner of Nations Greatest Canadian Contest