Word: trudeau
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Canada's aloof Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, 56, was once considered a dashing new face on the political scene. But after eight years in power, Canadians see him as all too familiar and feel the same way about his government. With the popularity of his Liberal regime fairly crashing in the polls, Trudeau last week decided it was time for a cosmetic treatment. He announced a sweeping Cabinet shakeup, unmistakably designed to help him get back into good graces with the electorate before the next elections...
...election, were held in favor by only 29% of the electorate, v. 47% for the rival Progressive Conservatives. If an election were held now, the Liberals would be out of power for only the second time in 40 years, with their strength confined mainly to French-speaking Quebec, Trudeau's home turf...
...Liberals got into trouble because of Trudeau's reputation for arrogance, and also because voters are confused by a series of policy flip-flops and fudges stretching back over a year. After campaigning hard against wage and price controls as a cure for Canada's double-digit inflation, Trudeau abruptly introduced them last October, alienating labor. Shortly afterward, the Prime Minister unsettled the business community by announcing that the "free-market system" in Canada was dead. What he meant was that new solutions, possibly government-imposed, would have to be found for the persistent problem of stagflation. Many...
...precedent set by Canada in Montreal gives far too much power to politicians. Until now the IOC has held the exclusive right to determine which nations should participate; it has banned both South Africa and Rhodesia for practicing apartheid in the selection of their Olympic teams. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau in effect annulled the IOC's power when, to placate Peking, he ordered that Taiwan could not compete under the name Republic of China. For the first time, the host country was superseding the supranational...
...members of the yachting team, who hold dual Tai-wanese-U.S. citizenship, were able to cross the Canadian-U.S. border. The others would not be admitted, Ottawa announced, until Taiwan agreed to give up its formal designation, anthem and flag for the duration of the Games. Said Trudeau: "If [the athletes] come from Taiwan, they should come as Taiwan, not China. They're welcome as long as they don't masquerade as a country they...