Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny PC (French: [seviɲi]; February 12, 1917 – March 20, 2004) was a Canadian soldier, author, politician, and academic.
He briefly attempted to pursue a career in acting, even being given a screen test by MGM in 1935, but instead returned to Canada to work in real estate, construction and in the import-export business.
[1] Sévigny served in the Canadian Army during World War II, and lost a leg in the Battle of the Rhineland.
Marc Drouin was a man of ability who had an understanding of Canada as a whole, and I appointed him to the senate, where he served as Government Leader.
The RCMP brought the report to the attention of Minister of Justice Davie Fulton who immediately showed it to Diefenbaker.
It described Munsinger as being a prostitute and alleged spy and had remained under wraps for 17 months in Lester B. Pearson's office.
Cardin's goal was to deflect the nation's attention from the Dupuis, Favreau and Spencer scandals besetting Pearson's weak leadership.
A Royal Commission, chaired by Justice Wishart Spence, was called by the government of Lester Pearson into the Munsinger Affair.