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...little consensus other than that the U.S. cannot be pushed where it does not wish to go. The best that could be said about Cancún is that the leaders agreed to continue talking, but neither a forum nor a time was set. As Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, co-chairman of the conference with Mexican President José López Portillo, candidly admitted, "We failed to get agreement on what the next step should...
Determined lobbying from Mexico's President Jose Lopez Portillo, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau helped persuade Reagan to attend Cancún. But he had conditions: Cuba's Fidel Castro must not attend, the meeting should not be held before the Ottawa summit, and there must be no fixed agenda...
...friends or adversaries they approach each other with heavy manipulative intentions. They want from each other. They are wary. Jerry Ford may have transcended this kind of calculation, and was a true friend of France's Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Canada's Pierre Trudeau. Honest and decent, Ford was special in his time, spared through Watergate the terrible ordeal of climbing to power and so spared the rituals of political calculation that can twist a man's nature...
...Thursday, Trudeau offered to convene a federal-provincial conference once more to attempt to reach an agreement on the constitution, noting the court's qualified judgment. The provincial opponents have indicated they will probably decline, making it more likely than ever that the crucial struggle will take place in British parliament. Not only does this put Canadians in an embarrassing position, it also puts them in an unpredictable position...
...realm of convention, the court has laid bare the possibility of England wresting away Canada's control of her own destiny. Since the constitutional debate is highly politicized, Canadian politicians must absorb some blame for the plausibility of such an occurence. But the British parliament should abide by Trudeau's decision, whether or not he manages to attract provincial consent. England out of Canada...