Unless you are a Western Canadian you have no idea how thoroughly loathed that man was out here practically from the beginning. On the other hand the man whose name he is about to cover with his ass (Paul Hellyer) would have been such a disaster had he ever been in power (the military is still recovering from his time as Minister of Defence) that I think the country lucked out a bit. I'm not convinced that the full impact (good and bad) of Trudeau in power has been understood. I am of the opinion that this country is worse off because Bob Stanfield was never Prime Minister.
Maybe a great Canadian, but certainly not a great Quebecker (for all the tricky constitutional deals he's done with the ROC - rest of Canada - against our province) for most of us at least.
Trudeau was from a new well-off family ("parvenu"), his French-Canadian dad having been successful in some businesses while is mom was from some traditional Scottish roots.
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Hopefully this series will find out other great Canadians amongst the francophones... ;)
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Unless you are a Western Canadian you have no idea how thoroughly loathed that man was out here practically from the beginning. On the other hand the man whose name he is about to cover with his ass (Paul Hellyer) would have been such a disaster had he ever been in power (the military is still recovering from his time as Minister of Defence) that I think the country lucked out a bit. I'm not convinced that the full impact (good and bad) of Trudeau in power has been understood. I am of the opinion that this country is worse off because Bob Stanfield was never Prime Minister.
Fuddle duddle.
PET a Great Canadian????? Say it ain't so, Tom.
It ain't so.
The term 'Great' should not suggest an endorsement of the individual represented . . . it's merely a catchy title for a series.
I bet he's yelling down the rail "I'm Doug Fairbanks!"
Huh! I did miss this one!
Maybe a great Canadian, but certainly not a great Quebecker (for all the tricky constitutional deals he's done with the ROC - rest of Canada - against our province) for most of us at least.
Trudeau was from a new well-off family ("parvenu"), his French-Canadian dad having been successful in some businesses while is mom was from some traditional Scottish roots.
...
Hopefully this series will find out other great Canadians amongst the francophones... ;)
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