| In this photograph by an unknown Soviet journalist, a future Premier of Quebec interviews a future Prime Minister of Canada. Lester B."Mike" Pearson (1897-1972), public servant, politician, Prime Minister of Canada (and lover of baseball), was Canada's foremost diplomat after the Second World War. In 1957, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his proposal, which was put into action, for a United Nations peacekeeping force during the 1956 Suez Crisis. As Prime Minister (1963-1968) his legacy includes the Canada Pension Plan, universal medicare and our Maple Leaf Flag. René Lévesque (1922-1987), journalist, TV host, Premier of Quebec — passionate, popular and energetic — led his province in stormy times. In 1967, he founded the Mouvement Souverainté-Association which became the Parti Québecois. He was Premier of the province from 1976-1985. The defeat of the first referendum on independence for Quebec and the bitter battles leading up to the patriation of the Constitution took their toll and he resigned in 1985. PA-117617 |