He was, in American eyes, perhaps seen as a northern Mr. Rogers – a friendly face in the neighbourhood
Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan stands with former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and an officer from the RCMP as he arrives at the annual G7 Summit in Toronto in this June 19, 1988 file photo.David Shribman is the former executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of U.S. politics. He teaches at McGill University’s Max Bell School of Public Policy.
Both William Lyon Mackenzie King and Lester B. Pearson lived in the United States before becoming prime minister. But neither had the easy affinity with Americans – the intuitive understanding of the country, its customs and outlooks, its totems and taboos – that Mr. Mulroney possessed. Pierre Elliott Trudeau was warned before his first meeting with Mr. Reagan that he was “limited, uninformed, and probably irritating in his assertions.” Though they differed on apartheid, acid rain and the Strategic Defense Initiative , Mr. Mulroney found Mr. Reagan charming and open to Canada’s interests.Reagan and Mulroney visit the Citadelle in Quebec City during an official visit to Canada in this March 18, 1985 file photo.It helped that both had family roots in Ireland, which led Mr.
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