Bill 101 discussion

Of course a bilingual state is more expensive than a unilingual one — but it is a richer state.

Remark in 1968, quoted in Improving Canada's Democracy (2006) by Terry Julian, p. 14

CANADA-US RELATIONS

1980s….

Canada US Relations…

Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt.

Pierre Trudeau Addressing the Press Club in Washington, D.C. (25 March 1969)

"Free trade with the United States is like sleeping with an elephant. It's terrific until the elephant twitches, and if the elephant rolls over, you are a dead man. I'll tell you when he's going to roll over. He's going to roll over in times of economic depression and they are going to crank up the plants in Georgia and North Carolina and Ohio, and they're going to be shutting them down here."   Brian Mulroney to the Globe and Mail (1983)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_%E2%80%93_United_States_relations

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/canada_us/

Sep. 17, 1984

Trade….

Why is trade between nations considered so carefully? Access to markets… Indicator of alignment of values… Napoleonic strategies of war…

Source: http://www40.statcan.gc.ca/l01/cst01/gblec02a-eng.htm

Trade….

A Brief History of Trade Across the 49th Parallel

1878: National Policy1890s: Gold Rush1911: Reciprocity1930s: Closer Ties1940: Military Support and IntegrationPost-war 1940s: Free Trade?1950s: US Foreign Investment and Control1957-1963: Diefenbaker versus Kennedy1960s: Kennedy and Trade with Cuba1965: Auto Pact  1968-1984:Pierre Trudeau 1980s: Free Trade

Source: http://www.mapleleafweb.com/old/features/economy/us-canada/trading-partners.html