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Before Pierre Poilievre, before Brian Mulroney, there was one leader who made the federal Conservatives an electoral force to be reckoned with. Before John Diefenbaker, Canada had begun to resemble a Liberal one-party state. Bob Plamondon, author of the new book “Freedom Fighter: John Diefenbaker’s Battle for Canadian Liberties and Independence,” talks with Brian Lilley about how Dief became a political sensation bigger than any other prime minister; how he stood against the Soviets, while standing up to America; and championed equality before it was fashionable. And Plamondon explains how the three-time prime ministe

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