Double vision: Ernest Lapointe, Mackenzie King and the Quebec voice in Canadian foreign policy, 1935-1939

Journal of Canadian Studies | April 1, 1999| | Copyright

Many historians have argued that during the period from October 1935 to September 1939, when important international questions risked dividing anglophones and francophones in Canada, Ottawa maintained an impressive degree of unity. They credit Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King with the accomplishment, implying that he alone determined Canadian policy. The anglophone prime minister, however, needed help in understanding what francophones wanted and what they would accept. This help he received from his Quebec lieutenant Ernest Lapointe whose influence on Canadian foreign policy has ...

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