Protected: A Man for All Times: Reassessing John Diefenbaker

Protected: A Man for All Times: Reassessing John Diefenbaker

A Prairie lawyer standing up for the common man. A stubborn loner undone by battles with his own party. Progressive Conservative John Diefenbaker was both – and one of the most consequential prime ministers in Canadian history. A new biography of “The Chief” examines Diefenbaker’s many accomplishments – his Canadian Bill of Rights, his fair treatment of Indigenous people, his defence of Canadian sovereignty, his wide-ranging national economic de…