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Originally Posted by Rerun
Combating separtatism - Trudeau did more to divide the country than he ever did to bring it together.
Repatriating the Constitution - wow... what a can of worms there..
Strong centralized government - translation : Limit the power of provinces to do whats best for THEIR people... whats good for Ottawa is good for everyone.... ie NEP
and my final pet peeve about PET... - MULTICULTURALISM ... A failed policy, which has caused more problems, and implimented by PET and is now almost impossible to get rid of.... kind of like the Senate
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I would agree with what your saying Rerun
I don't think that Trudeau was all that effective at battling Quebec seperation, it seemed to rise to dramatic levels during his time in power and its not like it was an overwhelming win during the referendum.
I will give credit, gaining control of the Constitution was a good move for Canada, but it doesn't negate the rest of Trudeau's time in power.
The centralized government lead to more problems then it was worth and has lead to the regional problems that we have today. The NEP was more of a petty revenge move by Trudeau and created a East West war that is still being fought today.
I agree on Multiculturalism, not that Multiculturalism is a bad thing, it was just built and executed in a stupid and costly way.
Trudeau was a finacial disaster as a Prime Minister, it took years of successive governments to get the spending example that he set under control.
Personally I thought that his intellect was overshadowed by his arrogance, his drive to buddy up to some of the worst human rights offenders on the planet was disgusting and his foreign policy was an absolute joke.
I thought that instead of a extravagant state funeral for him they really should have tossed him off of a cliff into the ocean.
While I don't believe that he was as corrupt as his apprentice Cretien, I think that in terms of leading a country he did more to fracture it then heal it.
He created a atmosphere of mistrust for the Liberal's that continue to this day, though Chretien and to an extent Martin didn't help things at all.