Today in Canada’s Political History: PM Thatcher gives interview to the CBC on the eve of a trip to Canada
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was at 10 Downing Street on this date in 1986 preparing for her trip to Canada to visit Expo in Vancouver and hold talks with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. As part of her preparations, she granted an interview to the CBC. The reporter asked her to give her overall assessment of Canada-U. K relations right off the top.
“They are good,” she said. “You know, we did have a tricky time when you required changes in the constitution and some of our Parliament took the view that certain powers had been left with them to protect the rights of the provinces and so I said to Mr. Trudeau: ‘Look! You will make it a lot easier if you can agree between the Federal Government and the Provinces as to what you want. Then we shall not have much difficulty in getting it through our Parliament.’ Well, Mr.
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