Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Investigators from Canada's Aviation Safety Board, who rushed to oversee what may be a lengthy probe, were weighing several factors that might have played a role in the crash. Some U.S. air-safety experts, who had no firsthand information, pointed to the weather: ice had formed on other planes at Gander that night, and some pilots had taken deicing precautions. Captain John Griffin of the doomed aircraft had not. Other experts noted that the 90-ton aircraft, packed to capacity and loaded with more than 60 tons of fuel, may have been approaching its maximum load for a safe...
...Warming to his theme of "the mutual danger of protectionism," he noted that U.S.-Canada trade last year totaled nearly $150 billion, the largest volume between any two nations in the world. One of three Canadian jobs depends on exports, he noted, and the U.S. buys three-quarters of his country's exports. "The imperative for Canada is not just more multilateral arrangements," said Mulroney, "but stability in our bilateral trade relationship with the U.S. We want more secure access to (the U.S.) market, while recognizing that the removal of barriers opens trade in both directions...
...Ottawa government has reversed the traditional Canadian protectionist stance in favor of freer trade, Mulroney said, in part because of the challenge posed by Canada's European and Asian competitors. "Maybe it won't work," he observed. "Maybe it will turn out that protectionist sentiment is too strong. Free trade is not without its perils. But liberalized trade brings more wealth, not less, and a stronger economy will help guarantee the political sovereignty of Canada...
...same time, however, Mulroney declared that Canada must continue to maintain a cultural identity separate from that of the U.S. "Our system of social programs, our commitment as Canadians to fight regional disparities, our unique cultural identity, our special linguistic character--these are the essence of Canada," he said. "You will have to understand that what we call cultural sovereignty is as vital to our national life as political sovereignty." To make sure that the message got through, and to see that it made news in Quebec as well as in the English-speaking provinces of Canada, Mulroney repeated...
...Liberal Party faithful gathered to celebrate at Montreal's Centre Pierre Charbonneau, loudspeakers boomed What a Feeling, the stirring theme song from the movie Flashdance. Liberal Party Chief Robert Bourassa, 52, took the microphone and, speaking in French, hailed his party's triumph as "a great victory for Canada." Switching to English, he pledged to "give back to Quebec the prosperity we had 15 years...