Canada's Prime Minister Allegiance -Pierre Trudeau YUL

[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.

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René Lévesque, he had a condo in Nun's Island. Jean Lesage retired to Quebec City. Duplessis lived and died in Quebec.

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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.

Edited April 6 by August1991
typo

[August1991]

I am surprised no journalist raises this question.

Rene Levesque was a Quebecer - IMHO, a democrat.

Pierre Trudeau was a Canadian, IMHO, a federalist more than a democrat.

Neither were nationalists.

[August1991]

To my knowledge, Pierre Trudeau never had a second citizenship. He retired in Montreal and walked to work.

Stephen Harper never had another passport.

Brian Mulroney and Jean Chretien had condos in Florida - but they were never American citizens.

Bourassa sought medical care in the US: his wife was rich.

 

Edited April 9 by August1991

[August1991]

Like Joey Smallwood, I Chose Canada.

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=smallwood+i+chose+canada

[August1991]

I suspect that this will be an issue:

Donald Trump is an American.

Vladimir Putin is Russian.

Everyone knows this Xi guy is Chinese.

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Make no mistake, Pierre Trudeau was a Canadian. He lived, worked, retired and died in Canada.

Even foreigners will not vote for a guy who is a born-here, sort-of Canadian.

Edited Friday at 06:15 AM by August1991

[August1991]

Bump.