Here’s an anniversary all my Liberal friends and readers will enjoy recalling. It was, of course, on this date in 1980 that Pierre Trudeau was again sworn-in as Prime Minister, following his victory over PM Joe Clark in that year’s winter election.
In many ways – though many Tories and NDPers would strongly disagree – this proved to be Mr. Trudeau’s most productive period in office. He was able to re-patriate the Constitution from the United Kingdom – albeit without the government of Quebec’s approval – craft the Canada Health Act, the National Energy Program and embark on his personal world Peace Initiative, all before leaving office in June of 1984.
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Pierre Trudeau/caption
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.
Pierre Trudeau/caption
Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.Arthur Milnes is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon. Brian Mulroney’s best-selling Memoirs and also served as a speechwriter to then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper and as a Fellow of the Queen’s Centre for the Study of Democracy under the leadership of Tom Axworthy. A resident of Kingston, Ontario, Milnes serves as the in-house historian at the 175 year-old Frontenac Club Hotel.