Canada and Hong Kong were strongly connected by immigrants, business, government, and education in the 1980s and 1990s. In 1989, eleven percent of 189,956 immigrants to Canada were coming from Hong Kong (“Hong Kong”, 1990). One in eight new Canadians were Hongkongers. 20,000 Hongkongers landed in Canada in 1989, which included independents, business, and family class immigrants. The Commission...
Imagine America without alcohol. Now imagine a booming American city without alcohol. For most Americans during the Prohibition Era (1920-1933), this was just as hard to imagine. Which is why many did not allow the ban on booze to stop them from enjoying it. The Detroit River served as the perfect medium for these devoted drinkers, as this article from the Atlanta Constitution August 19, 1927,...
The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) was a joint partnership agreement between Canada and the United States over the defense of North America from Soviet long range bombers. Cooperation between the United States and Canada was vital to the success of NORAD, however. In a letter to the assistant Secretary of Defense for international security affairs, John M. Leddy expressed his concerns over...