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OCR: CANADA US RELATIONS Despite his expertise in foreign affairs Pearson had mixed success in this important area during his years as Prime Minister He pue President Kennedy repair the relations between the US and Canada that Diefenbaker had damaged, and he also had initial Isuccess with President Lyndon Johnson The two nations signed the Autopact milestone towards freer Canada-US trade Then 1965 Pearson infuriated Johnson by criticizing US bombing policy in Vietnam in a speech in Philadelphia. For Canadian PM to criticize US actions on American soil violated every code o diplomacy but Pearson the Nobel Peace Prize winner felt a moral obligation to state his views The event effectively ended Canadian influence on American Vietnam policy BIOGRAPHY of fenbaker ohnson earson