Key facts for this chapter (9)

• Canada is one of the most prosperous countries in the world and a member of the G7.
• Women won the right to vote federally in 1918, and Agnes Macphail became the first female MP in 1921.
• Canada helped found the United Nations in 1945 and NATO in 1949.
• Canadian peacekeeping began with the Suez Crisis in 1956, an effort led by Lester B. Pearson, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for it.
• Canada fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.
• The 1960s brought rapid social and political change in Quebec, known as the Quiet Revolution.
• Canada has a mixed economy and a system of publicly funded health care.
• Canadian Armed Forces have served in Afghanistan and in many international missions.
• Canada is home to people from every part of the world, and immigration continues to shape the country.

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