Lester B Pearson Essay

“I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace1.” Lester B. Pearson, in office as Prime Minister from 1963 to 1968, was always a person who was determined, compassionate, and fit for what his role was. Though, before becoming Prime Minister of Canada, Pearson served in World War Two, studied at the Universities of Toronto and Oxford, and he joined the Canadian Foreign Service in 1928 and became the every first secretary in the Department of External Affairs. Pearson, born on April 23rd 1897, and died on December 27th 1972, had the most significant impact on Canadian History as he enacted the Canadian Pension

The Canadian Pension Plan is an income based public pension in which transfers income from workers to be retired, and covers all Canadians workers; except those in Quebec, who are covered by the Quebec Pension Plan. The Canadian Pension Plan was created through federal-provincial negotiations in 1965, as a response to growing poverty among retired Canadians. With the Canadian Pension Plan, the average annual Pension received by a retiring, 65 year old person at the end of 2016, was $7, 728; versus a possible maximum of $13, 368. Pearson had enacted the Pension plan as a way of making retirement accessible, without the poverty, stress, and pain that retired workers went through. Lester Pearson, when enacting the Canadian Pension Plan, took what his people were going through to heart, and made retirement almost effortless in hopes that Canadians could retire with less

Pearson was a regular citizen, who took part as a soldier in both World War One and World War Two, and although he had a thorough education and was a skilled politician, Pearson had never represented Canada in any way; he never had a significant role in Canada’s future, nor the country as a whole. Lester Pearson had only seemed to do whatever he thought was right, and completely disregarded what Canada wanted and needed, as he changed the Canadian Flag without properly taking the time to think if voting was an option to see what the Canadian’s felt was moral and right. In all, Lester Pearson was, just another Prime Minister, who never made any contributions in the name of his country, nor did he attempt to take initiative to act for anything for