The Structure of Canadian History

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Page 473Stanfield complained that Trudeau's style was nothing but theatrics and,
forgetting Diefenbaker, asserted that "for the first time in Canadian history a prime
minister has asked the people for a blank cheque." Similarly, the leader of the
NDP, T.C. ...

Page 488Trudeau's message of November 24 seemed to close an era of confrontation with
conciliation. More than a decade earlier, in January 1965, Daniel Johnson had
said that if a government in Quebec were "to lay the ground for independence," ...

Page 499Trudeau was discouraged by the apparent popularity of what he continued to call
the "panacea of decentralization." Moreover, because he had always been in
power (one way or another) since entry onto the federal stage in 1965,
functioning ...