Best Canadian Prime Minister Since WWII?

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Harper.

Best friends.

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People don't realize King was a terrible bastard (anti-Semitic too, which ironic considering this thread). And probably slightly insane. Definitely the worst Liberal on this list.

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Let's see how horrible King was:

-Advocated for the Japanese internment
-His PHD dissertation was "Oriental Immigration to Canada" which argued against Asian immigration, suggesting Canada should remain White.
-Blocked Jewish refugees from the country; Praised the "constructive work of Hitler's regime"

Also, he thought he could communicate with the dead.

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Nothing wrong with judging someone by those parameters. Sure there were a lot of racist politicians back then, but not all of them were. The CCF certainly wasn't advocating for those things.   

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Routinely? That is up for debate. Sometimes he's #1, but sometimes it's Laurier, Macdonald or Pearson.

Anyways, this all comes down to how you score people's policies. Sure, he did some great things, but I give huge negative scores for racism, and that really brings him down in my books.

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I don't know much about it, but I would imagine Pearson had a hard time on the issue, considering his views on nuclear issues. Apparently his wife had to her membership in an anti-nuclear group.

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Kim Campbell is obviously the greatest Canadian PM since WWII and second only to Charles Tupper overall.

Why?

I sense he is being facetious

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Now that both these threads have 44 votes, we can do a net approval/disapproval:

King: +2
St. Laurent +3
Diefenbaker -1
Pearson: +15
Trudeau: +1
Clark: -1
Turner: 0
Mulroney: -6
Campbell: 0
Chretien: 0
Martin: +1
Harper: -14