John Diefenbaker was in Indiana on this date in 1960 to receive an Honorary Degree and to deliver an important foreign policy address. During his speech at DePauw University, Dief discussed Western relations with the Soviet Union, the reforms he felt needed to be made in the NATO alliance, and Canada and America’s role in the world. Most importantly, he called upon the larger member-States in NATO, particularly America, to improve their consultation efforts with smaller countries like Canada.
You can listen to Diefenbaker’s speech that day at this link: https://c510383.ssl.cf2.rackcdn.com/av/bot/diefenbaker.mp3Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.