Growing up poor, German, and with First Nation’s peoples as neighbours, John knew what it was like to be an outcast. He dedicated his life to fighting injustice and was only 8 years old when he announced: “Someday I am going to be prime minister.”

Working 17-hour days, John achieved many things as prime minister. His government increased payouts for pensions and unemployment insurance, built roads and railway lines in the North, gave indigenous people the right to vote, opened a microwave-communication system, and passed John’s beloved Bill of Rights.