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In 2020, Canada lost its bid to join the United Nations Security Council. This was the second time Canada had failed an attempt to join the Security Council, the first time being in 2009 under Prime Minister Stephen Harper. [298] Trudeau, US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO Summit in Vilnius on July 12 ...
Twenty-three people have served as Prime Minister of Canada since the office came into existence in 1867. Nineteen of Canada's prime ministers have been born in Canada. Four of Canada's prime ministers have been born outside Canada: John A. Macdonald, Alexander Mackenzie, Mackenzie Bowell, and John Turner.
Canada's prime ministers during its first century. The prime minister of Canada is an official who serves as the primary minister of the Crown, chair of the Cabinet, and thus head of government of Canada. Twenty-three people (twenty-two men and one woman) have served as prime ministers.
The COVID-19 pandemic was first detected in Canada in late mid-January 2020 and by March, all provinces and territories had declared states of emergency. As of June 2022, Canada has reported 41,000 COVID-19 related deaths, [17] a third highest mortality rate in North America followed by the United States and Mexico.
January 18 – Al Waxman, actor and director (born 1935) January 31 – Gordon R. Dickson, science fiction author (born 1923) February 5 – David Iftody, politician (born 1956) February 28 – Gildas Molgat, politician (born 1927) March 8 – Frances Adaskin, pianist (b. 1900) [7] March 23 Louis Dudek, poet, literary critic and publisher (born ...
Special constables were hired and laws were passed to immediately deport, without trial, anyone who was not born in Canada that was caught striking. events of this day led to the creation of the "One Big Union". [93] 1920: Canada is admitted as a full member of the League of Nations, independently of Britain. It joins the League Council ...
May 2 – Stephen Juba, politician and Mayor of Winnipeg (born 1914) May 9 – Jacques Dextraze, Canadian general (born 1919) May 30 – H. Gordon Barrett, politician (born 1915) June 9 – Alexis Smith, actress (born 1921) July 9 – Garry Hoy, lawyer (born 1955) August 14 – Francis Mankiewicz, film director, screenwriter and producer (born ...
September 27 – George Grant, philosopher, teacher and political commentator (born 1918) October 15 – Victor Copps, politician and Mayor of Hamilton (born 1919) October 31 – Alfred Pellan, painter (born 1906) November 26 – John Dahmer, politician (born 1937) December 20 — Alphonse Ouimet, president of CBC from 1958 to 1968 (born 1908)