Word: ottawa
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Such cautionary talk, however, seemed wildly out of place last week as Mulroney prepared to assume his post. The Tory leader planned to closet himself with his aides in Ottawa to pick a Cabinet and prepare his party's address for the opening of Parliament. The speech is expected to outline, in greater detail than Mulroney did on the campaign trail, the Tory vision for Canada. If his race and his past are any guide, the new Prime Minister will describe a society that is tolerant in its vast diversity, compassionate toward its less fortunate members and, of course...
Relations between Washington and Ottawa have actually been improving since 1982, when Secretary of State George Shultz started holding bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Allan MacEachen every three months. Colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1950s, the two men enjoyed an excellent rapport that quickly trickled down through their respective bureaucracies. "We got energized knowing that our bosses were looking over our shoulders," says a U.S. diplomat. The meetings focused primarily on trade and economic issues; though Mulroney has not yet named MacEachen's successor, both U.S. and Canadian officials expect trade barriers to fall...
...product, well below the U.S. level of 6.8%. In the early 1970s, Trudeau froze the Canadian military budget and cut the armed forces serving with NATO in Western Europe from 10,000 to 5,000. Though the Prime Minister eventually increased defense outlays, the perception lingers in Washington that Ottawa is not paying its fair share. Mulroney has promised a 6% hike in. defense expenditures, but it is unlikely that he will be able to modernize his country's aging military hardware as much as Washington would like...
...limits on foreign steel imports, which are hurting the U.S. steel industry. Canada, whose steel shipments to the U.S. totaled nearly 2.4 million tons last year, has asked to be exempted from the quotas. They could cost the country up to 3,000 jobs, and the Ottawa government contends that Canadians buy more steel-related products from the U.S., notably automobiles, than they sell...
...grow restless, or find it safe to dissent from the government line, or even−form cabals to pursue narrow issues. The 58 Tory members from Quebec may prove especially difficult to control. Most of them are parliamentary newcomers with little experience in the customs and folkways of Ottawa−and with much dedication to their province's distinct identity. Mulroney is no doubt aware of the hazards. Diefenbaker, his onetime mentor, won a large majority in 1958 but could not hold it together. Some members grew tired of hewing the party line; others championed regional questions. The government...