Word: slicing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...what it left out: for the first time since the Korean war began, Canada's armed forces went unmentioned. Instead, Vanier read-in both English and French -of the government's hope for a "controlled disarmament" in the world, which will let the cost-conscious Diefenbaker slice into Canada's heavy ($1.7 billion in fiscal 1959) defense budget. Sample of the other proposals: old-age and veterans' benefits to citizens living outside Canada-so that retired Canadians can escape the winter in, say, Florida...