I don’t first hand, but that’s not my fault. However I have read and watched some history, so I know that Joe Clark’s minority government was defeated in 1979. And do you know what the Gov. Gen. did once that happened? Did he call an election right away? Not quite.
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janfromthebruce | 06-Jan-09 at 6:31 pm | Permalink
Good post. I have a fond memory of that election, as I was in Cape Breton, NS, and in Katimavik. We ended up having dinner with Trudeau at a fundraiser. Sitting with a bunch of kids, he was keenly interested in how the program was going, and he didn’t have to impress us. I remember being so surprised in how ’short’ he was.
Louise | 06-Jan-09 at 7:47 pm | Permalink
I do remember it, too. The only party Pierre had to get into bed with was the NDP. There was no Bloc Quebecois then, and believe me, Trudeau would never have entertained such a deal with a separatist party. The NDP have been attempting to keep those glory days alive ever since, which is why Layton may have made the biggest blunder of his career.
Tom | 06-Jan-09 at 7:48 pm | Permalink
This is the same Troudeau who brought down the Clark government because they wanted to increase the tax on gas, then when he was elected, imposed an even higher tax on gas. i guess that would impress a bunch of kids in political honesty.
huffb1 | 06-Jan-09 at 9:13 pm | Permalink
Joe Who?
Louise | 06-Jan-09 at 10:49 pm | Permalink
That’s right, Huff. LOL! That’s who. My opinion of him was not too flattering, either. He was the Conservative Party’s equivalent to Stephane Dion. In other words, a very poor choice. But Trudeau was hard to beat. I probably wouldn’t vote for Trudeau if he was around today, but at the time he was a rather dashing figure with a global outlook that put Canada back on the map. The Liberal Party went into a long downhill slide after he quit, from which they haven’t yet recovered.