August1991

I want a prime minister who lives and retires in Canada. After 1984, Pierre Trudeau could have lived anywhere in the world. Instead, he bought a home in Montreal. I remember a famous discussion about Quebec independance in the late 1970s when he was pushed: "I suppose someone will have to negotiate but it won't be me." He wrote somewhere that if he hadn't been born a Quebecer, he would have chosen it. ===== René Lévesque, he had a condo in Nun's Island. Jean Lesage retired to Quebec City. Duplessis lived and died in Quebec. ======= I have no objection to living, working abroad. I have done this. I have had the possibility to have foreign citizenship. I have always refused. My country is Canada. I am not a nationalist but I have only had one passport in my life: a Canadian passport.

I am Canadian but I would have done as Truman. Before, I thought that Truman was a poker player like Nixon - play your cards well. It is true that Truman was a good card player, an ordinary guy, in Truman's decision to drop two bombs? I have been to Potsdam (near Berlin), looked at the table (it is now a museum). I reckon that I too would have approved both bombs, And passed the word to Stalin. Truman was a Canadian at heart.

Disagree. You make a typical point: "I was following orders... " Truman at Potsdam ordered to drop both bombs. He told Stalin about this. I reckon that, at the time, no one knew what would work in a bomb from a plane. They had two methods: plutonium and uranium. Truman learned that one method had worked. ==== Imagine Truman at the time. A salesman, an ordinary American, a Gerry Ford, suddenly put in such a situation to decide.

Indira Gandhi and Elizabeth I inherited power. Margaret Thatcher, Golda Meir won it. ===== Women are short. Voters prefer taller candidates.

Disagree. Most people don't know him, Poilievre. And they certainly don't know his wife. Carney? No Canadian knows who the hell he is - some banker at most. And his wife? Do you know her name? Where she was born?

Alone on a stage. Mouse and elephant. https://digitalarchiveontario.ca/objects/300440/pierre-trudeau-speaks-to-the-masses-as-20000-jam-the-libera This was the May 1979 federal election.

Make no mistake: One reason Justin Trudeau is no longer PM is because Sophie left him. ==== No one knows Carney. Poilievre. Either guy. Once women know how Mark Carney's wife made him and see and know about about Poilievre's wife, I suspect there may be a change.

In 1988, Margaret Atwood opposed trade with Americans. https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robert-fulford-in-1988-canadians-feared-a-trade-deal-would-destroy-our-country-now-we-barely-discuss-the-tpp Now, Trump wants to stop trade with Canada, and the CBC objects: https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-tariffs-price-tag-global-economy-1.7501340 ===== Wrong if you do, wrong if you don't.

I disagree, Army Guy. We Canadians get along. I live in a city where some people can only speak one language; other people can only speak another language. Everyone knows accents. Our Canada is remarkable in the world. We Canadians get along.

Disagree. Donald Trump is Mel Lastman. Ask any Anglo-Canadian from Toronto.

My grandfather was a Newfoundlander, on the Labrador coast. Mulroney apparently said, "Fish where there's fish." My recollection of my grandfather was: "What does this have to do with the price of cod?"

In the 1988 federal election, the federal Liberals (left anglos) opposed any free trade with Americans. "The Americans will steal our water." In this 2025 federal election, the Anglo federal Liberals oppose Trump: "Americans are bullies."

I strongly disagree. I am a Brian Mulroney Conservative. I think free trade is good. We now have a federal VAT. And I think that we Canadians can get along - even if we're not Liberal.

Uh, missed the context. ==== Make no mistake: Radio-Canada is not CBC.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-cbc-funding-1.7501902 Gimme a break.

These ideas are entirely related. ==== PEI works, within a federal system. California has more people than Canada - and yet Canada has two official languages, and the Quebec government manages its own pension scheme, its own Social Security.

Many years ago, I had a friend who worked in a restaurant in Toronto parking cars. Valet service. He once parked Mel Lastman's car. So, I asked? Answer: "It was a Rolls." ==== I have struggled to understand Donald Trump. Mel Lastman is my best answer.

I tend to agree.

If China sends us low cost cars (free Teslas, like the Sun sends us free energy), how is that bad for us?

Every small business person needs an accountant. Someone to do the books - keep numbers straight. And every small business person needs a lawyer. An advisor for legal issues. Nowadays, every small business person also needs a tech guy. Trump got Elon Musk. ===== Donald Trump is a small business person. For people who know Toronto, Donald Trump is Mel Lastman.

Trump is not stupid. He wants a better world for Americans. What's his game?

You mix apples and oranges. 1. Home? Rents? Some people do not want neighbours. NIMBY. (I was recently in Portland Oregon. They are like Westmount - until they're Rhodesian.) 2. Canada has lotsa space. Let me be clear: Canada has a lot of square meters. 3. Location. (In Canada, it is very cold in January and February.)

In a country such as Canada, Carney is not a good candidate = he's no Trudeau - young or old. But he may get teh federal Liberals enough seats to form a government.

Hey kids, This forum is in Canada. Not Chinese TikTok.

September 2001, Americans refer to 9/11. Unlike Churchill who stayed in London during the blitz of 1940, Bush Jnr flew away from Washington Florida in his Air Force One 747. ==== America's elite was more or less good until Sept 11, 2001.