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...broke in: 'I cannot, my dear boy." The 55-year-old Prime Minister paused, then icily informed the House: "I am not the right honorable lady's dear boy." Blushing to the roots of her red hair, Mrs. Castle sat down. It was also gaffe time in Ottawa's Parliament: Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau referred on the floor to the opposition leader's "goddamned question." Two days later he apologized on an open-line radio program. "I agree that one shouldn't use profanity," he told a shocked lady who called...
Heavy Mail. Further, the Canadians argue that the U.S. indulges in some blatantly unfair trade practices of its own, including an embargo on the sale of Canadian uranium in the U.S. and inequitable tariffs on Canadian-made aircraft and engines, and should match any concessions granted by Ottawa. Said one top Canadian trade official: "The U.S. trade policy is not as white as driven snow." Nevertheless, the Canadians are probably willing to make a few adjustments-but nothing near what the U.S. wants...
...monetary powers agreed to realign their currencies in return for an end to the U.S. import surcharge, one important country was missing from the revaluing ranks. Canada, the largest U.S. trading partner, had already allowed its dollar to float to higher levels more than a year earlier. Ottawa officials hope that their dollar will float down again so that Canadian exports will be cheaper in the U.S., and the Nixon Administration so far has not pressed Canada to fix a formal rate for its dollar...
...other side, Canadians point out that it was Detroit's decision, not Ottawa's, to build more cars in Canada. "If the safeguards were lifted," said one official, "there would be no incentive for car manufacturers to stay in Canada." Because of higher taxes, a smaller market and other factors, Canadian-built cars retail for $200 to $800 more than equivalent models made in the US. The Trudeau government is afraid that Canadians would rush across the border to buy U.S. cars if the tariff were dropped. Finally, the auto pact has become a symbolic issue in Canadian...
President Nixon plans to visit Ottawa in the spring. Canadian diplomats would like to have an agreement covering many other trade issues-notably relaxation of U.S. restrictions on purchases of Canadian uranium, aircraft and farm-machinery parts-ready for the President's signature. But if neither side tempers its stand on the auto pact, Nixon may sign nothing more important than Trudeau's guest book...