Editing Louis St. Laurent (section)

=== Infrastructure ===
[[File:St. Lawrence Seaway construction 1959 (cropped).png|thumb|The construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959]]
St. Laurent's government engaged in massive public works and infrastructure projects such as building the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] (1949), the [[St. Lawrence Seaway]] (1954) and the [[Trans-Canada Pipeline]]. It was this last project that was to sow the seeds that led to the downfall of the St. Laurent government.

St. Laurent had to go through a series of negotiations with the [[United States]] in order to start the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway. In order to negotiate with the U.S., St. Laurent met with president [[Harry S. Truman]] twice, in 1949 and 1951, but was unsuccessful both times. St. Laurent then threatened that Canada would build the seaway alone. Finally, in 1953 and 1954, Truman's successor, president [[Dwight Eisenhower]], secured a deal with St. Laurent. The deal costed $470 million [[Canadian dollar]]s, with Canada paying nearly three-fourths of that total and the U.S. paying about one-fourth. The seaway was completed in 1959 and expanded Canada's economic trade routes with the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=St-Laurent negotiates bridging the St. Lawrence |url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/st-laurent-negotiates-bridging-the-st-lawrence |website=CBC |access-date=12 October 2021}}</ref>