Talk:Lester B. Pearson

message: I know that he was nicknamed "Mike" in the air force, but is there evidence that anyone ever called him "Michael"? I am fairly sure the nickname was always Mike. Josh H. Brown 23:03, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The nickname was "Mike" never "Michael." Que-Can 03:37, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Mike vs. Michael

message: Does anyone know where the name Pearson origins from? I first suspected it was a form of the Scandinavian surname Persson ("son of Per"). /Jebur 14:23, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Origin/heritage

message: We're going to go by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority on the official airport name: Toronto Pearson International Airport, even though some news accounts say Lester B. Pearson International Airport, which it was during Operation Yellow Ribbon. SNIyer12 13:18, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Airport Name

message: Please DO NOT say that Paul Martin is no longer prime minister. Wait until Stephen Harper is sworn in on February 6, 2006 to say so. SNIyer12 17:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have changed the phrasing to indicated that Paul Martin became prime minister without saying whether or not he is or is not in office, this will prevent confusion and also save us from having to change it later. - Jord 17:56, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's very confusing, especially after Stephen Harper won the election. Martin is still in office. We're not going to add the fact that Martin was prime minister from December 12, 2003 to February 6, 2006 until Harper is sworn in. - SNIyer12 22:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Paul Martin

message: Does this site need to be blocked from unauthorized edits from 209.226.48.226?? 
Although I giggled when I once saw (since censored) Squidward in place of LBP's portrait!
Bacl-presby 00:49, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: I was recently doing a report on Lester Pearson. I found conflicting evidence about the exact date of his death. I found the 27th on this article and on the Nobel Prize Bibliography website. However I found the 28th on a government of Canada Biography website. I thought that the Canadian Government would know best but I would like some confirmation please.
It's not the the first time the Canadian Government has put the wrong date down--what do you expect from "uncivil" servants!
Bacl-presby 00:22, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of Death 

message: Maybe seperate a section for his accomplisments that made him most known and his failures? Just a suggestion.
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I would suggest adding a reference to Mr. Pearson's contribution in writing the Charter and Treaty for NATO, in 1949. This was a singular piece of international diplomacy, especially given the different points of view amongst the allies about how to create an organization that could effectively counter the threat of aggression by the Soviet Union.
Tony 18:40, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Accomplishments 

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Victoria Cross (VC)
George Cross (GC)
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Order of Merit (OM)
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--Ibagli (Talk) 03:32, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  OM/CC placement 

message: Maybe somewhere near the part where he's referred to as the "father of modern peacekeeping" there should be mention of Canada's role in the destruction of Indochina, particularly Vietnam, under Pearson.  Specifically, where Canada remained officially neutral in the ongoing atrocities yet was the largest arms dealer (per capita) in the world, supplying the aggressors.  Pearson did his part in helping to defend the aggression, warning the House of Commons about Vietnam's aggression towards the French as part of a worldwide Communist aggression, while allies France and the USA attempted to conquer Indochina (re-conquer in France's case). Pearson went further in his rally for the cause, claiming Soviet authority in the region, which turned out to be completely false, despite massive efforts to discover otherwise. It is widely accepted today that the atrocities committed in Vietnam and the rest of Indochina by Western nations was at the very least a colossal mistake costing many human lives and at most, attempted genocide. (Bzzhuh 04:45, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Bzzhuh.  Pearson was a Western leader during the Cold War, so yes he did talk about Communist agression.  After the Russian invasions in Hungary (1956) and later Czechoslovakia (1968), it was a big concern.  Pearson didn't however, agree with the American role in the Vietnam "conflict" (not actually a declared war, although many, many people died).  Many Canadians, at least initially, actually supported the American side and some even enlisted in the American armed forces to join the fight.  To say that Pearson "rallied" for the American side is something Lyndon Johnson (if he were still alive) would heartily disagree with.  (One story is that at a 1965 meeting, the President poked Mr. Pearson in the ribs while he was berating the Prime Minister.)  You are correct about companies in Canada - mostly American owned? - being arms suppliers for the Vietnam war effort.   This was common knowledge and it didn't seem to bother most Canadians at the time, although it's not a proud legacy if you really wanted peace instead of war.  On the other hand, Canadians suffered official American wrath for accepting American draft dodgers during 1965 through 1975. The Americans who didn't believe in fighting could flee to Canada. Pearson supported this policy, as did Mr. Trudeau after him.  So, I think there are better targets than Mr. Pearson to attack for "the destruction of Indochina."Que-Can 06:50, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

text: Indeed you are right, and I can see that "rally" was perhaps a poor choice of words. "Support" would have been more fitting. I agree that the draft-dodging policy reflects positively for his peacekeeping reputation, and there are better targets to attack, but as a Canadian, I'm only interested in exploring one or two of them. Bzzhuh 21:43, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

text: Yeah, listing all his honorary degrees is really quite silly. As is calling him Lieutenant Pearson. Its not as though he ever campaigned using his military title as some generals- or colonels-turned politicians do (or some suitors to the Royal Family do). And because he was not field rank, I do not believe he retains the title automatically, even in formal circumstances. 68.48.153.35 (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the interest of objectivity 

message: So....categories for alumni have been added to places he received honourary (or honorary) doctorates from...Doesn't Alumni signifiy that they STUDIED there??
Bacl-presby 00:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, listing all his honorary degrees is really quite silly. As is calling him Lieutenant Pearson. Its not as though he ever campaigned using his military title as some generals- or colonels-turned politicians do (or some suitors to the Royal Family do). And because he was not field rank, I do not believe he retains the title automatically, even in formal circumstances. 68.48.153.35 (talk) 19:54, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Alumni?

message: (Bacl-presby's comment copied to here from Amchow78's talk-page -- LW)
When recent Argos signee Mike Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada, and gets daily wiki vandalism, perhaps then you can disambiguate LBP for this guy.....maybe the other way around for now!! (or if the Argos win the Grey Cup this year!)
Bacl-presby 17:31, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that as long as "Mike Pearson" redirects to the PM's article, then a disambiguation link to the footballer's article is needed, for the sake of anyone looking for the article on that latter Mike Pearson.  Many readers, and especially those not much familiar with Wikipedia's usages, will not know to put "Mike Pearson (football player)" when plain "Mike Pearson" has yielded them this article instead.Alternatively, "Mike Pearson" could be turned into a disambiguation page, or a disambiguation link to the PM's article could go atop the footballer's article.  Which of those ways would be the most fitting hangs off of how common the two uses of "Mike Pearson" are, as against each other.  I believe that "Mike Pearson" is much better known as meaning the former Prime Minister, in which case the disambiguation link atop this article is the way to go.  On the other hand, I'm not a football fan and so Mike Pearson the football player might be better known than I realise.However, I am restoring the page-top link on this article for the time being, in the lack of information showing that another form of disambiguation would be more fitting.-- Lonewolf BC 20:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mike Pearson (football player) and Lester B Pearson 

message: Every so often, I post on the Lester Pearson page, under "categories," that he was a "Canadian anti-communist" and "Cold War leader." While "Cold War leader" remains there, "Canadian anti-communist" is frequently deleted by other editors. Every single U.S. president since 1945 until 1993 (the beginning- to the end of the Cold War) (Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush) has, on their Wikipedia pages, the category of "American anti-communist" and "Cold War leader." Likewise, as Canada is a major player on the world stage, I think that it is wholly appropriate to list every single Canadian Prime Minister since 1945 until 1993 (Mackenzie King, St. Laurent, Diefenbaker, Pearson, Trudeau, Clark, Turner, Mulroney, and Campbell) as "Canadian anti-communists" and "Cold War leaders."—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nopm (talk • contribs) 23:37, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And I was not the first to delete your postings....give it a rest, or Lonewolf, BC, call for arbitration!!Bacl-presby 00:18, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to think that "Canadian anti-communists" should be reserved for Canadians whose notability is largely for being anti-communist.  I don't think that rightly includes Pearson, because he was no more anti-communist that goes without saying from his being a national leader of a "western democracy" during the Cold War.  (I'm not sure that all those presidents rightly belong to the corresponding American category, either.  Regardless, each man must be judged as a separate case.)-- Lonewolf BC 03:05, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

text:  I agree with the anti-communist statement for Pearson, because I think it is a notable, especially during the Indochina wars.  Agreed that U.S. leaders during the Cold War would be anti-communist but Pearson should be compared to Canadian leaders, if anything. To list all the Prime Ministers over a 50 year period proves little, especially when Trudeau appears in the list, when he was notably pro-communist (as the term was defined throughout those years i.e. Castro among others). Bzzhuh 21:56, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-Communism and Cold War Leadership 

message: Mr. Pearson obviously has an inordinate amount of post-nominal letters, to the point where they look unwieldly in the infobox.  Is it correct to list all the honorary degrees, or does one "LLD (hc)" cover them all?  I'm unsure as to the protocol surrounding the use of post-nominals. --G2bambino 23:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Post-nominals 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Pearson-Carleton.jpg

message: In the link here from Greatest Canadians, it says he was President of the UN Gen. Assembly.  Not in the article.  PonileExpress (talk) 22:57, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  President of UN General Assembly? 

message: There is a 1951 FBI memo identifying Pearson as passing on information to an unauthorized person while in Washington. There are many references on the internet to his being recruited by the Soviets while in Cambridge. Why is nothing of this being mentioned?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.138.4.251 (talk) 23:07, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pearson as Soviet Spy? 

message: I noticed neither of these awards are mentioned in the Honours section or in prose at all... surely they should be? If nobody objects, I'm going to add them. -- MichiganCharms (talk) 04:31, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order of Merit/OBE 

message: Having been in primary school back then I recall the incident. But can a source not be cited for the incident and aftermath? What about Lester B. Pearson, ed. John A. Munro and Alex. I. Inglis, Mike: The Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson Volume 3, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1975, pp.266-8? Masalai (talk) 00:26, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  "[I]n 1967, the President of France, Charles de Gaulle, made a visit to Quebec...." 

message: I would not barge in with editorial alteration to the text here, but would it not be more accurate to mention that it was with the help and support (to put it mildly) of Tommy Douglas? Both were by nearly universal consensus great Canadians, for that matter in Person's case a world figure. But would it not be more accurate to attribute to Tommy Douglas what should be as to Medicare? Masalai (talk) 11:32, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  [A]nd he struggled to keep Canada out of the Vietnam War 

message: If it were the case that he had served in the Serbian Army, I would have expected him to have been awarded a Serbian campaign medal. He did indeed serve in Salonika, but this was alongside the Serbians. He did not enlist in the Serbian Army, this is incorrect.
The article behind this states:
'Among the many photographs, Pavlovic points out the one with four uniformed young men. One of them, originally Canadian, was a Corporal and a nurse in the Serbian army in the First World War. His name was Lester Pirson, and after the war he became Prime Minister of Canada and Nobel Peace Prize winner.'
The photo backs up the assertion that he served alongside the Serbs, but this is not evidence that he served in the Serbian Army. Keith H99 (talk) 20:09, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Service in the Serbian Army vs service alongside the Serbian Army 

message: Hello, the sentence currently says "He later also played for the Oxford University Ice Hockey Club while on a scholarship at the University of Oxford, a team that won the first Spengler Cup in 1923." without a direct citation. It's unclear from my reading whether the Spengler cup was during his time with the team or if it occurred afterwards (or if it occurred during his time there, but he did not participate). Do we have a citation for which one of those three happened, and if so, does anyone have a proposed wording to further clarify the section? 198.52.130.137 (talk) 01:27, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spengler Cup 

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