tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post7064450303058830003..comments2023-11-02T05:48:48.115-04:00Comments on GayandRight: Reviews of "The Truth About Trudeau"GayandRighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08763498369390166108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-33208229813669087742013-05-20T10:09:28.493-04:002013-05-20T10:09:28.493-04:00Here is more of what Martin has to say about the b...Here is more of what Martin has to say about the book:<br /><br />Where critics will have a problem with this book is with its insufficient attention to context. While it’s correct to say Mr. Trudeau’s economic performance was mainly miserable, so were the results of most other leaders through the period. Economies were crashing all over the place. Check Britain’s foundering back then and the brutal misery index in the United States. There were the OPEC oil price shocks, then stagflation, then a widespread recession. It’s doubtful any Canadian PM could have fared well. Paring down the deficit, for example, was a goal of Tory finance minister John Crosbie with his tax on gasoline in 1979. It backfired. Mr. Mulroney later wanted to cut social entitlements. The public wouldn’t have it. Paul Martin broke the back of the deficit with his 1995 budget. It could have been done in a 1985 budget, but the Tories weren’t prepared to risk the wrath.<br /><br />The book laments Mr. Trudeau’s take on the United States. Again, context is needed – context such as Vietnam, racial riots, assassinations, Watergate and Richard Nixon. In these times, the last thing Canadians wanted was a leader cozying up to Washington. They wanted more economic, cultural and military independence and so did Mr. Trudeau.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-2227583398741809462013-05-20T09:40:36.067-04:002013-05-20T09:40:36.067-04:00Plamondon has gone boldly where none of Trudeau...Plamondon has gone boldly where none of Trudeau's biographers have gone before. This is not a quickie hatchet job, but a powerful and well-reasoned critique.<br />- Lawrence Martin GayandRighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08763498369390166108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11578122.post-21357006518182433902013-05-19T23:13:27.103-04:002013-05-19T23:13:27.103-04:00Got any reviews from anyone who isn't a conser...Got any reviews from anyone who isn't a conservative>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com