CANADA WAS MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ANY OTHER NATION
...ere ready for independence. As Canada helped and fully supported Britain throughout World War I, McKenzie King saw Belfour Declaration as a great opportunity to express his view about the independence of Canada (Pederson, lecture). The British thoroughly appreciated Canada’s participation in the war and respected it by all means, so when they heard McKenzie King’s speech about Canada’s independency they happily accepted it and saw Canada as an independent nation. McKenzie’s speech, Arthur Belfour’s point of view and Canada’s participation in the WWI show that Britain saw Canada as an independent nation. Battle of Ortona on December 27 1943 won Canada a lot of respect and it was another reason for the independence from Britain. On December 27 they captured Ortona, the town fell to regiment from Edmonton and for two weeks Ortona was known as “A West Canadian Town” (Newman, 236). The victory of Ortona proved that Canada could fight for its own rights and it did not need anyone’s support to capture Ortona and this let the British believed that Canada deserved to be an independent nation. Battle of Ortona was the battlefield in which Canada’s most decorated aboriginal soldier; Tommy Prince got both American Silver Star and Canada’s Military Medal (Waramps, internet). This primary quote shows that Canada was blessed with brave soldiers and they were the reason Canada got independence. Canadian soldier won the battle, letting the backdoor of Germany open, Allowing Britain to attack Germany from behind (Pederson, lecture). Britain was gratified with Canada’s support in the World War II as Canada helped by making a lot of sacrifices, therefore British were delighted that Canada got their independence and is doing well on its own. These three events prove that Britain saw Canada as an independent nation. Canada made an independent decision when Diefenbaker refused the nuclear weapons from the U.S. in 1962. Diefenbaker told U.S. President Kennedy that “in view of public opinion in Canada it would be impossible politically at the moment….to accept nuclear weapons (Newman, 334). When Diefenbaker made this decision almost all the people of Canada were satisfied with the Diefenbaker’s decision. The Co-operative commonwealth Federation, the Liberal Party, women’s group and many intellectuals raised a storm of protest against “nukes” (Newman, 332). This made U.S. realize that people in Canada are against the missiles and as U.S. is a democratic nation, so is Canada and Canadian people mak...