As Canadians work to come to terms with the dangers of the protectionism evidenced by the administration of Joe Biden, it seems a good time to recall better days in the relations between Canada and the United States.On this date in 1965 Prime Minister Pearson and President Johnson inked the Auto Pact at the storied LBJ ranch in Texas. The deal proved to be a win-win for both nations for decades.Thank-you LBJ and Mr. Pearson.CBC Archives tells the original 1965 story at this link.[caption id="attachment_601162" align="alignleft" width="592"]
Signing of the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact at Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, Johnson City, Texas, on January 15, 1965. Library and Archives Canada[/caption]Arthur 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.
Signing of the Canada-U.S. Auto Pact at Lyndon B. Johnson’s ranch, Johnson City, Texas, on January 15, 1965. Library and Archives Canada[/caption]Arthur 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.