The following month came an intensive inspection of the units of this brigade and of the 3rd Canadian Army Tank Brigade by Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, the commander of I Canadian Corps.

Simonds viewed this, along with the arrival of Crerar and I Canadian Corps, as something of a comedown, although this was not the intent of CMHQ.

Seated from left: Stanisław Maczek ( Polish Army ), Guy Simonds II Canadian Corps, Harry Crerar 1st Canadian Army, Charles Foulkes ( Canadian Army general ) | Charles Foulkes I Canadian Corps, Bert Hoffmeister 5th Canadian ( Armoured ) Division ; Standing from left: Ralph Holley Keefler | Ralph Keefler 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Bruce Matthews ( Canadian Army officer ) | Bruce Matthews 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, Harry Wickwire Foster | Harry Foster 1st Canadian Infantry Division, Robert Moncel ( for Christopher Vokes | Chris Vokes 4th Canadian ( Armoured ) Division, S. B.

Major General C Vokes ( 4th Armoured Division ), General H D C Crerar ( Army Commander ), Field Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery, Lieutenant General B G Horrocks ( 30 British Corps, Attached Canadian Army ), Lieutenant General G C Simonds ( 2 Corps ), Major General D C Spry ( 3rd Infantry Division ), and Major General A B Mathews ( 2 Division )

" When Crerar resumed command with the First Army, Simonds resumed his command of II Canadian Corps for the liberation of North-Western Europe.

Major General C Vokes ( 4th Armoured Division ), General H D C Crerar ( Army Commander ), Field Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery, Lieutenant General B G Horrocks ( 30 British Corps, Attached Canadian Army ), Lieutenant General G C Simonds ( 2 Corps ), Major General D C Spry ( 3rd Infantry Division ), and Major General A B Mathews ( 2 Division )

His initial meeting with Crerar went poorly ( possibly strained by Simonds ' illness ), and relations further deteriorated when Simonds ejected an officer sent by Crerar to measure his headquarters caravan.

Crerar felt there were too many to be a single corps, and proposed a Canadian Army divided into two corps, each of two divisions and an armoured division.

Their effective and passionate leader, Thomas Crerar, resigned to return to his grain business, and was replaced by the more placid Robert Forke.

In the north, in the first week of September, the British 21st Army Group, under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, sent its British Second Army commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey advancing on a line running from Antwerp to the northern border of Belgium while its First Canadian Army, under Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, was pursuing its task of recapturing the ports of Dieppe, Le Havre and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Henry Wise Wood's influence on Brownlee's life would be profound. Another of Brownlee's contacts was T. A. Crerar, who had recently become leader of the Progressive Party of Canada, and it was to him that Brownlee turned for his political education.

Crerar introduced Brownlee to Ernest Charles Drury, the newly-elected United Farmers of Ontario Premier of Ontario, and arranged for a meeting between Brownlee and Charles Stewart, by now Alberta Premier.

Crerar's Progressives were running Robert Gardiner, a local farmer, and Crerar asked Wood and Greenfield ( the Vice President of the UFA ) to broker an alliance between farmers and labour in the mixed rural-urban riding.

After the 1921 federal election, Progressive Party of Canada leader Thomas Crerar was considering a merger of his party with the Liberal Party of Canada and asked Greenfield to join him as Alberta's representative in the federal cabinet upon completion of this merger.

Though he brought him into his cabinet in 1921 in part at the urging of Progressive leader Thomas Crerar, King found Stewart to be an inadequate protector of western interests — especially in his advocacy of tariff reduction, which King found lacklustre — and did not trust his political advice on the west.

" In the 1930 federal election Dunning and Crerar were both defeated ; King complained that it was " perfectly terrible to have Stewart alone representing the West.

In June 1919, Thomas Crerar, Minister of Agriculture in the Unionist government of Robert Borden, quit the Borden cabinet because Minister of Finance Thomas White introduced a budget that did not pay sufficient attention to farmers ' issues.

Farmer leader and MP John Archibald Maharg also withdrew his support from the government and joined Crerar.

In 1920, Crerar and his supporters founded the Progressive Party of Canada with Crerar as its first leader.

By taking a very decentralized approach, the Progressive Party copied the method used in the United States to build a national party in the U. S. Congress. Crerar was not the national leader of the party, but only the parliamentary leader.

A significant group of ex-Liberals, including Crerar, supported forming a coalition government with the Liberals.

Crerar attempted to introduce certain attributes of a standard party to the Progressives, including Parliamentary Whips and a national party organization.

These efforts were resisted, however, and in 1922, Crerar resigned as leader.

He was replaced by Robert Forke, another ex-Liberal who agreed with Crerar on most issues.

While in the 1921 election Crerar had toured the entire nation, Forke abandoned everything east of Manitoba.

Crerar, who served with the Liberals for decades, first as a cabinet minister and then as a Senator.

Carpenter suggested shooting on a movie back lot but Alves nixed that idea " because the texture of a real street is not like a back lot.

Their effort was nixed, however, when Rabbi Levi Yitzchak heard about the idea and persuaded them to desist.

On March 26, 1969, Major League Baseball nixed the idea for the time being.

Robert Stigwood nixed the idea of replacing Robin within days, and Peter was out.

Plans were made for a U. S. tour, but it is alleged that Samwell-Smith, Dreja, and McCarty nixed the idea of the tour, much to John Fiddler's dismay.

Marie's mother did not like the British Royal family and George's mother did not like Germans so the idea of a marriage was nixed.

This idea was later nixed by The Undertaker, who instead fought Randy Orton.

This same phrase was expected to be placed in lights, outside of the Reds new Great American Ball Park in 2003, but interference from Hamilton County officials nixed the idea, citing that the ballpark " belongs to the taxpayers " and not the Reds.

The village of Bolingbrook nixed the idea and the building was put up for auction in 1982, but no bids were received.

Major League Baseball quickly nixed the idea.

1, # 6 by having the gator-man tumble into the underground gorge with the evil big game hunter but Turtle's creator Peter Laird nixed the idea opting to have Leatherhead survive and return to the sewers with the Turtles.

A trade with the White Sox, involving the same three Astros in exchange for Jon Garland, had been nixed a few days earlier when Buchholz reportedly failed a physical.

It broke with the tradition of punning on ' Dad ' for the title, and was named ' Nemesis ', although Andrew Marshall later revealed that the original title " Feliz Navidad " was nixed by the BBC, feeling it too obscure.

In 1912, city leaders attempted to acquire a baseball franchise in the Class D Blue Grass League ; the Cincinnati Reds, whose park was just five miles away across the Ohio River, nixed the move.

After New York City officials nixed MTV's plans to hold a " Snooki Drop " alongside the Times Square Ball in Times Square New Year's Eve 2010 – 11, MTV moved the event ( in which Jersey Shore cast member Nicole Polizzi is dropped in a ball ) to Seaside Heights.

Monument designation also nixed the Andalex Coal Mine that was proposed for a remote location on the Kaiparowitz Plateau, and promised to generate jobs for the local economy.

Some expected that Lastman would face Independent federal MP John Nunziata in the 2000 municipal election, but Nunziata nixed the rumours when he found that he could not hold onto his seat in Parliament while campaigning for Mayor.

The footage nearly appeared on New Line's Special Edition DVD in 2002, but was nixed over budgetary and running-time concerns.

" The extramarital affair storyline was nixed, and Michelle Phillips, who had been signed to a contract, was written out for a few seasons before returning in 1990.

Due to the heavy touring schedule, Scott Goodell bowed out from his guitar duties in 1996 ; the band asked Phil Ensor from Limp and later, Billy Bouchard to stand in for live shows until the need for a second guitarist was nixed and Hammon handled all guitar parts himself.

The production company nixed this proposal, so they mutually agreed to cease production, even though Garfield and Friends had still been doing very well in the ratings.

And so, Shinra nixed their outer space exploration plans.

The National League Office eventually nixed the clause.

Martin also said that having family members face serious real-life medical issues nixed her interest in working on a medical show.

However, after MLS accepted a $ 6 million bid from Derby, Johnson reportedly nixed the deal as he preferred to finish his season in Kansas City.

By some accounts, Chandler wanted Hendrix as the only guitarist for the band and nixed California's going to England.