Today in Canada’s Political History: Pierre Trudeau’s first meeting with President Ford | National Newswatch

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Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau was in Washington on this date in 1974 for his first bilateral meetings with an American who would soon become a close Trudeau friend, President Gerald R. Ford. In political retirement Trudeau would say that Ford, who hailed from Michigan, was a very true friend of Canada, a personal friend, and one to whom Canada owed a great deal. It was Ford, after all, who insisted that Canada be a member of the G7.

Thanks to the hard-working staff of the Gerald R. Ford Library in Michigan, you can read a report of the talks between Ford and Trudeau at

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