One day in February, 1971: A great moment in Canadian history. Someone once said that in Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canada has at last produced a political leader worth of assassination, and love him or hate him you just have to agree. Watch the video and make up your own mind.
Thanks to Raj for grabbing and re-formatting, cropping, and uploading. God knows I’m far too lazy to do all that myself.
Plus bonus: The October Crisis, the Kidnapping of Pierre Laporte
This is so damn earnest, it just may be the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen.
What say you all?
I suppose that Lucky Pierre just told them to FLQ off?
Oooooh, good one. And bonus Tom Lehrer reference. That’s worth cider.
Now who said all Americans were bad? Well, given our track record . . . . strike my comment >B^D