Not sure which WWII you are referring to. The one I usually think of ended in 1945.
I was referring to the entire list of PMs covering WWII and the Cold War. All of whom you placed below Stephen Harper.
Are you really that much of a partisan hack or just haven’t read much history to know what some of these men accomplished? Answer honestly.
And this is not just a Liberal-Conservative thing. This list is just as offensive if you’re a conservative. You ranked Harper over Diefenbaker, the PM who cemented our defence relationship with the US through the creation of NORAD, campaigned against apartheid South Africa, gave aboriginals the vote, and passed the Bill of Rights. This is the PM who first articulated an argument against the exceptionalism of Quebec on the basis of the “One Canada” policy which conservatives to this day use to argue against special treatment for Quebec. You really going to say Harper should be ranked higher than him?
Both Chretien and Mulroney have some pretty good and major achievements. But for Mulroney not tackling the debt and for Chretien the major scandal coming from his office. I had a hard time placing them.
You’re letting your personal distaste for a specific policy or viewpoint cloud your 30 000 ft view of their accomplishments, which is what a ranking of Prime Ministers should be.
Martin was kind of haphazard, and I likely give him marks for his time as Finance Minister, but he did keep things balanced and his biggest fault was that he was unable to sweep the Chretien corruption under the table.
Exactly my point. Great finance minister. Almost negligible record as PM. Yet you ranked him above Trudeau Sr. who literally gave us the constitution we all live under today. Want to prove me wrong? Tell me one policy from Martin’s premiership that Canadians can truly attribute to him and will still think of decades from now.
Pearson is by far number one........
Look at that list of accomplishments posted by
@kEiThZ
I notice you completely ignoring that.....as its inconvenient to your argument.
His ignorance of history is pretty damn obvious with that list. It’s embarrassing to have to admit that though. I get that. After all, the way we teach history in school is pretty crap. And his level of knowledge is pretty much in line with the average Joe who would also combine recency bias with political bias to give you a similarly shitty list.
On Lester Pearson....
Most historians rank Mike Pearson easily in the top 5. Some in the top 3. Literally everything we take for granted as part of our identity and basic socioeconomic structure in this country is due to that man’s leadership. And his ranking simply seems to go up with time. He was ranked 6th on the list of Greatest Canadians. And just see the Macleans ranking each decade for him:
en.m.wikipedia.org
The most insane part of the Lester Pearson story? Mike achieved all that with two minority governments and just a day short of 5 years in office. To do that much in minority government truly takes some masterful political skills. He managed to balance the left and right to get most of his political priorities through. Can you imagine any politician achieving that volume of change in 5 years of majority leadership today? Let alone minority government.
