[Neal.F.]

If they had to rename an airport after this arrogant Liberal twit, they should have chosen Mirabel: It was his boondoggle, it cost the country a fortune, was totally useless, and is now dead!

This is the same guy who legalized abortion, and sodomy, and opened the door to gay marriage and rule by judges with the Charter of rights, and who screwed Alberta families over with the NEP.

They need to stop naming places after dead politicians. Especially Liberal ones. I'm getting tired of this. reminds me of Stalinist Statuary societies, building mementoes to their party elites. I think I'll make a point of starting my flights out of Burlington, VT. (UNless they rename that "bernie Sanders" or "Howard Dean")
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Dorval to be renamed for ex-PM Trudeau



NORTH BAY, Ont. (CP) - Montreal's Dorval airport will be renamed in honour of Pierre Trudeau with the approval of the former prime minister's two sons.

"I spoke to Sacha Trudeau a couple of times last week and he was absolutely delighted," Transport Minister David Collenette said Thursday.

The airport will be re-christened in September.

Trudeau was responsible for the building of Mirabel airport north of Montreal which became a financial albatross around the neck of the federal government.

The former prime minister's legacy is still hotly contested in Quebec. Separatists still see him as the man who thwarted Quebec's aspirations for independence. Federalists believe he made Quebecers and the French language pivotal to the daily functioning of the federal government.

Prime Minister Jean Chretien said he was sure Quebecers will welcome the name change.

They're going to be delighted," said Chretien, who has also been a polarizing figure in Quebec throughout his career. "This is a great Quebecer and a great Canadian."

"I think it's a marvelous way of honouring a great Canadian."

Collenette said Ottawa did not consult the Quebec government about the name change.

[Pellaken]

finally, our best PM ever gets some recogonition.

[Hugo]

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"This is a great Quebecer and a great Canadian."

Far greater Quebecers and far greater Canadians are lying in the ground in Normandy.

[Gugsy]

Unlike several other people here, I look at politicians after their political lives, as PEOPLE, and not politicians.

Trudeau was a great man (a horrible prime minister, but a good man) who captured the hearts of millions of Canadians. I welcome the renaming of Dorval Airport.

...can't wait till the day there is a "Brian Mulroney International Airport", or maybe they'll put him on a bill.



Shane

[Pellaken]

I dont know if I like Trudeau the person. IMHO, he was in it for himself.
I DO like Trudeau the Prime Minister though. He's the best we've had since Macdonald, and is still the best we had.

[Lone Wolf]

I wouldn't rename an airport after Trudeau. Pearson in Toronto is justified because he was the last decent Liberal Prime Minister. Trudeau signaled the end of an era whereby free enterprise in this country became subject to an onlslaught of centralization, regulation, and taxation. Trudeau certainly voiced many important issues of social concern and his unusual charisma made him popular among youth and his stance on Quebec brought him popularity among the general public. However the economy took a ridiculous turn for the rest with unrestrained spending. I did not share Trudeau's "vision" of Canada and I think many people are now looking to his vision in a more critical, realistic light.

[Pellaken]

ALL of you
me included

YOUR belifs are not 50%+1 supported. Trudeau was popular enough to get elected quite a few times. weather you like him and his "socialist / Communist / destory the country" policies, is not at issue. Weather Canada does, IS.

[Neal.F.]

I remember the reaction when the little crud from Shawinigan tried to rename Mount Logan after he who put us on the slippey slope of moral decline.

I was so happy in '79 when he and his "comrades" finally got the boot.... and then Joe Clark had to bugger it all up for want of an abacus.

HAd Joe's government survived even another 6 months, we'd have been spared the NEP, The Cahrter of rights, and a host of other disatrous policies, some with long tem ramifications.

And Shane/Gugsy, Mulroney will never have anything named after him. He was in the wrong party.

That is, unless Crouton wants to play a cruel joke on him and rename a sewage fiiltration plant.

[Pellaken]

Mulrooney will have a skrew driver named after him, because he helped the americans skrew us over pretty darn well.
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[Hugo]

What strikes me as distinctly odd here is the Canadian post-Trudeau contradiction of socialist economics with elitist social values. This airport thing is just another example. Canadian history is replete with real heroes, but instead we name an airport after a highly controversial prime minister who should be remembered for his asinine policies.

Canada has the economic aspirations of Soviet Russia, but unlike the Soviets has no heroes of industry or of the common man. The prized citizens of Canada are not the working people, they are the intellectual and political elite who have very little to do with the real world. Canadian society has the economic outlook of Marx and the social outlook of Nietzche. Does anyone else find this odd?

[Neal.F.]

Pellaken,

Without free trade, Canadian Importers & Exporters would be up the creek.

[Scotchneat]

I'm not sure exactly how Trudeau legalized abortion. He was a devout Catholic. I'm sure he regretted the Supreme Court decision.

In any case, in all countries, airports get named after politicians. It builds national pride (apparently).

In the case of Trudeau, I didn't support his policies, but the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is a great legacy. (I'm I to understand that you oppose all the Charter decisions made thus far?)
He led Canada through a difficult period of change and managed to keep the country in tact. (putting the best spin I can on his gov't) .

Perhaps you should focus your anger against the current gov't.

[Lost in Manitoba]

His vision for Canada may have been different than yours but I doubt you can argue that he did what he thought was best for Canada. The Just Society wasn't concieved to bring Canada down.

[Gugsy]

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And Shane/Gugsy, Mulroney will never have anything named after him. He was in the wrong party.

Well, he's got a public school in Ontario named after him. "Brian Mulroney Elementary School". And I believe a campus of a university or college in New Brunswick is named for him.

Gugsy

[Pellaken]

Neal.F., on Aug 21 2003, 09:36 PM, said:

Pellaken,

Without free trade, Canadian Importers & Exporters would be up the creek.

Mulrooney just happened to be the PC leader. I'm sure that any of the other PC leaders of the time would have accepted NAFTA. they would have not skrewed up as bad as looney mulrooney did though.


also, whats with naming things after people. I went to deifenbaker school for a few years, in TO. at the time, I did not know what a defienbaker was.