On this day in 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono finished their peace campaign for 1969 with a meeting with the Canadian Prime Minister

After a busy few days in Canada that saw Lennon signing thousands of lithographs as well as numerous meetings with peace campaigners and media, Lennon and Ono were joined by Ronnie Hawkins and wife Wanda, Anthony Fawcett, John Brower and Chris and Ritchie Yorke on a train to Ottawa to meet Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. 

Upon arrival Lennon and Ono were introduced to the Prime Minister and the group sat down to chat about peace and their campaign, as well as the youth and their future. Both Lennon and Ono expressed their satisfaction with the meeting, with Lennon going as far as to claim that “if all politicians were like Trudeau, there would be world peace.” The pair also had a meeting with Health Minister John Munro where they would discuss the plans for a Mosport peace festival with the aims of keeping it “a safe and harmonious meeting of peace”.

After their meetings and a press conference, the pair would head to the airport to return to Toronto, before flying on back to London later in the day.