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Events from the year 1949 in Canada.
Illingworth cartoon depicts Stalin-shaped mushroom cloud overshadowing western Europe and North America [4]
Joint US-Canadian defence strategy must address not only huge Soviet force in Europe, but its recently revealed atomic weapon capability [5]
"This struggle [with Communism] is coming closer and closer" - Canada should be aware that it has U.S.S.R. on its northern border [6]
Denial of NATO " automatic commitment" comes from old idea of U.S.A. and Canada as " producers and not consumers of security" [7]
Despite disapproval, Canada would strengthen its Article 2 on cultural, economic and social collaboration in draft NATO treaty [8]
After prolonged objection to NATO treaty Article 2 by U.S. Senators, they publicly praise it as one reason for ratification [9]
U.S.A. undermines Canada's export economy and aid to European recovery, and unfairly criticizes defence spending [10]
Discussion of suggested USA-UK-Canada federation, UK's place in Europe, and Europe's economic decline as world industrializes [11]
"Spectre of starvation, not only of the body, but also of the mind" - Canadians organize for cultural reconstruction of Europe [12]
Canada raises $1 million for aid to devastated countries, including 5,000 school food boxes, 30,000 library books, and artists' equipment [13]
PM Nehru explains India's " championship of freedom and racial equality in Asia" and asks Canada's support for liberty and against want [14]
National Film Board's history of independent international distribution bothers Department of External Affairs [15]
"( UNESCO should reject) projects not likely to achieve immediately useful results" - Example of Canada's role as helpful fixer [16]
Letters of appreciation about (and from) displaced persons brought from Europe by government to work in Canada [17]
Cabinet orders immigration officials to "deal favourably" with German husbands, wives, children (under 18) and senior parents of legal residents [18]
Given their unpopularity in Canada, External Affairs urged to be judicious about allowing Germans in [19]
"Running a war and a wide-open immigration policy at the same time[ – there's] no alternative" - Newspaper columnist on Israel [20]
Canadian leadership tries to settle dispute in refugee organization over Jewish emigration to Palestine conflict zone [21]
Canadian diplomat on elimination of corruption and black market and other positive changes in China following Communist takeover [22]
"Undesirable contacts" - Federal official is leery about stationing Black U.S. troops near Inuit [23]
Hydro-electricity, boundary waters, roads and railways: Canada wants information on U.S. interest in northwestern North America [24]
Historical and diplomatic reasons for retaining " Alert" name for joint U.S.-Canadian weather station on Ellesmere Island [25]
"You are joining a good country" - Prime Minister St. Laurent's speech on Newfoundland's entry into Confederation [26]
"The Catholic Syndicates appear to have shunned [a] settlement" - Violence and unspoken motivation behind Quebec's Asbestos Strike [27]
Film: newsreel of strikers, strikebreakers and police in Asbestos, Quebec [28]
"The most powerful social and moral authority in the community" - Sociologist says unions are replacing church in Windsor, Ont. [29]
Discussions between George Hislop and Jim Egan are roots of Toronto-area gay liberation [30]
Fearing recent total war effort may result in permanent checks on individual rights, senator introduces draft bill of rights [31]
"A more complete[...]Canadian democracy" - Canadian Jewish Congress promotes national institutions for cultural understanding [32]
Massey Commission suggests questions on influences and possibilities to Ernest MacMillan for his critical study of Canadian music [33]
"A cultural renaissance[...]from the grass roots" - Calgary Allied Arts Council urges Massey Commission to back community arts [34]
"A new and gifted player" - Jazz at the Philharmonic presents Oscar Peterson's debut at Carnegie Hall, New York [35]
Film: newsreel of cruise ship burning in Toronto harbour with scores of lives lost [36]
Advertisement: CP Air staged flight to Australia with Honolulu and Fiji stopovers [37]
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Events from the year 1949 in Canada.
Illingworth cartoon depicts Stalin-shaped mushroom cloud overshadowing western Europe and North America [4]
Joint US-Canadian defence strategy must address not only huge Soviet force in Europe, but its recently revealed atomic weapon capability [5]
"This struggle [with Communism] is coming closer and closer" - Canada should be aware that it has U.S.S.R. on its northern border [6]
Denial of NATO " automatic commitment" comes from old idea of U.S.A. and Canada as " producers and not consumers of security" [7]
Despite disapproval, Canada would strengthen its Article 2 on cultural, economic and social collaboration in draft NATO treaty [8]
After prolonged objection to NATO treaty Article 2 by U.S. Senators, they publicly praise it as one reason for ratification [9]
U.S.A. undermines Canada's export economy and aid to European recovery, and unfairly criticizes defence spending [10]
Discussion of suggested USA-UK-Canada federation, UK's place in Europe, and Europe's economic decline as world industrializes [11]
"Spectre of starvation, not only of the body, but also of the mind" - Canadians organize for cultural reconstruction of Europe [12]
Canada raises $1 million for aid to devastated countries, including 5,000 school food boxes, 30,000 library books, and artists' equipment [13]
PM Nehru explains India's " championship of freedom and racial equality in Asia" and asks Canada's support for liberty and against want [14]
National Film Board's history of independent international distribution bothers Department of External Affairs [15]
"( UNESCO should reject) projects not likely to achieve immediately useful results" - Example of Canada's role as helpful fixer [16]
Letters of appreciation about (and from) displaced persons brought from Europe by government to work in Canada [17]
Cabinet orders immigration officials to "deal favourably" with German husbands, wives, children (under 18) and senior parents of legal residents [18]
Given their unpopularity in Canada, External Affairs urged to be judicious about allowing Germans in [19]
"Running a war and a wide-open immigration policy at the same time[ – there's] no alternative" - Newspaper columnist on Israel [20]
Canadian leadership tries to settle dispute in refugee organization over Jewish emigration to Palestine conflict zone [21]
Canadian diplomat on elimination of corruption and black market and other positive changes in China following Communist takeover [22]
"Undesirable contacts" - Federal official is leery about stationing Black U.S. troops near Inuit [23]
Hydro-electricity, boundary waters, roads and railways: Canada wants information on U.S. interest in northwestern North America [24]
Historical and diplomatic reasons for retaining " Alert" name for joint U.S.-Canadian weather station on Ellesmere Island [25]
"You are joining a good country" - Prime Minister St. Laurent's speech on Newfoundland's entry into Confederation [26]
"The Catholic Syndicates appear to have shunned [a] settlement" - Violence and unspoken motivation behind Quebec's Asbestos Strike [27]
Film: newsreel of strikers, strikebreakers and police in Asbestos, Quebec [28]
"The most powerful social and moral authority in the community" - Sociologist says unions are replacing church in Windsor, Ont. [29]
Discussions between George Hislop and Jim Egan are roots of Toronto-area gay liberation [30]
Fearing recent total war effort may result in permanent checks on individual rights, senator introduces draft bill of rights [31]
"A more complete[...]Canadian democracy" - Canadian Jewish Congress promotes national institutions for cultural understanding [32]
Massey Commission suggests questions on influences and possibilities to Ernest MacMillan for his critical study of Canadian music [33]
"A cultural renaissance[...]from the grass roots" - Calgary Allied Arts Council urges Massey Commission to back community arts [34]
"A new and gifted player" - Jazz at the Philharmonic presents Oscar Peterson's debut at Carnegie Hall, New York [35]
Film: newsreel of cruise ship burning in Toronto harbour with scores of lives lost [36]
Advertisement: CP Air staged flight to Australia with Honolulu and Fiji stopovers [37]