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True. Mulroney brought Elizabeth May into government.

Idlewild became JFK Malton became Pearson. Dorval became Trudeau. No doubt we'll name Ottawa's airport after Mulroney. In Quebec City, it is Lesage. And in Halifax, it is Stanfield. When Harper dies, YYC will become Harper International. ===== I've always liked New Orleans. Its airport is Louis Armstrong International. And in France, before the euro, France had Berlioz on its 10 franc note.

Agreed. Swedes and Finns are practical people. The Americans (Dems) have offered much to join NATO.

1. Ted Sorenson was a good speech-writer. I started this thread because of the phrase 'pass the torch". Where does it come from? Anyone know? 2. Kennedy did NOT incite the Cuban Missile Crisis. 3. Agreed. Like Truman & Eisenhower, Kennedy wanted to defeat the Soviets, For good reason. Nixon kept peace. Reagan defeated them. ===== Since 1991 or so, we live in a new world that Americans have problem understanding.

Why are Sweden and Finland joining NATO? Practical pressure.

Glenn Gould was born in 1932 in Toronto. Compare him with any child born anywhere else in the world in the same year any where else in the world.

Nixon 1913 Kennedy 1917 Reagan 1911 ---- Trudeau Snr 1919 Kissinger 1923 Yeltsin 1930 ========== I always wonder where they were in the 1940s. Where were you in your teens?

Let me turn this into "young" people years. Trudeau Snr died at 81. Mulroney at 84.

I did not contribute to their cause. I generally agreed with the Trucker's Freedom Convoy. The federal government did not seize my accounts. ===== My OP was about trust. And trust me, we Canadians - unlike Lutheran Scandinavians - have a different way to think of trust.

1. Mulroney was born in 1939. (Old people don't measure by years - they measure by birth year. Young people measure by year.) 2. Bush and Kissinger lived longer.

Disagree. What is life? In the past, some people were lucky to live with young children to care for them.

Diefenbaker won in 1958. Layton in 2011. But in 1984, Mulroney's win was different. It changed Canada. ===== I have always suspected that Trudeau Snr had a hand in this.

Disagree. Mulroney was no Great Statesman on the international stage. But on the domestic stage, he was fundamental. He changed Canada. 1. He was the first federal Conservative leader that people in French Canada could understand. 2. He was the second Catholic Conservative federal leader after Thompson. 2a. He was the second Conservative federal leader from Quebec after Abbott. 2b. He defeated Clark. 3. He fixed our our old manufacturing sales tax. He negotiated free trade.

Let me return to my OP. Many people cannot understand what I am posting, but most people around the world can read the symbols: 3 + 4 = ? === We are some 8 billion people. Amazing.

Q-DOS = Quick and dirty operating system === Jobs was obsessed with PostScript. I'm sure he wrote code.

The myth? In the 21st century, go to any hospital, any place for old people - whether in Europe or North America - and you will see immigrants caring for old people. The truth: Young people pose fewer health problems than old people. ===== In the past, whether in Europe or North America, we took care of our elderly in a family. Now, we use the price system.

I disagree. Define "code". I know that Gates and Zuckerberg could write code. (Heck, Gates stole/created the code of an operating system.)

He came close - and I could argue that his goodwill with Meech made the difference for federalism in 1995. ==== I'm no Mulroney defender. I met the guy a few times in person (I'm older). Heck, Mulroney took cash in envelopes like Spiro Agnew.

3) No? When I travel abroad, among the first things I do is to go to a local market/grocery store, look at people and check prices. Ordinary people shopping, ordinary food stores/markets, how the food is laid out. In Canada, we have two cheese sections. One for the "commercial cheese" and another for the other type of cheese. QOC, guess why.

https://www.jfklibrary.org/archives/other-resources/john-f-kennedy-speeches/american-university-19630610 This speech was given in June 1963, after the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Please understand. My Newfoundland grandfather negotiated a deal to buy a schooner. He hired fishermen on a handshake - they shared the catch on the Labrador coast. ===== I far prefer this modern world.

I disagree. But good point. We in Canada have always got along. ====== In world affairs, in these 2020s, we need some "Canada".

I recently tried to do a bank transaction. Online, I had to enter several passwords. Eventually, I realised the transaction was not possible online (the passwords were good). I went to the branch/succursale. The teller checked my card. The teller could not access my specific account. The teller set a meeting with a bank advisor. I met the advisor in person. The advisor explained that she could not do anything - I would have to phone. So, I phoned. On the 1-800 number, a woman with a strong accent, after asking numerous personal questions, solved half my problem. ===== This is very costly and wrong. Canada used to be a society where people trusted one another.

I disagree. He was a quarter, at least. ===== RoboSmith is back!

I disagree. I suspect, like people in China, the Europeans are free-riding on Americans. It is costly to develop and test new drugs. The American people - some 400 million - create the incentives for new drugs.