Liberal leadership contenders after Trudeau era
The piece weighs potential successors to Prime Minister Trudeau including James Coutts Allan MacEachen John Turner and Justice Minister Jean Chretien while noting Chretien's Francophone status may delay his rise. It argues Liberals need a leader who can unite English and French wings and win broad support across Canada.
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Trudeau
James Coutts
John Turner
Turner
Justice
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Liberals
Mr. Chretien
Quebec
Lakehead
Ottawa
Liberal Party
Jim Coutts
Aline
Canada
Federal move to ease soft drug laws reins in with provinces
Solicitor General Robert Kaplan says Ottawa plans to loosen penalties for marijuana and hashish possession despite provincial objections. Premiers fear federal action signals social acceptance while awaiting concrete definitions of simple possession and police procedures.
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Robert Kaplan
Ottawa
Canada
Feds
Chretien presses Liberal leadership bid after constitutional triumph
Jean Chretien, returning from London, signals a bid for the Liberal leadership if Trudeau retires, saying he is best qualified and rejects sacred English French alternation. He recalls royal service, briefs the Queen on the constitution, and meets UK officials while weighing rivals like Turner and MacDonald.
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London
Jean Chretien
Defence Department
Gatwick
Canada
Liberal Party
Trudeau
Quebec
Ottawa
Chretien
Pierre Trudeau
Commons
Senate
Esmond Butler
Buckingham Palace
Jean Casselman Wadds
The
Royals
Prince Charles
Arctic
Levesque Faces Threat of Resignation Amid PQ Militancy
Rene Levesque, the PQ leader, confronts a party in turmoil as militants push a radical stance toward independence. The convention voted to start an independence process without a majority vote, while Levesque warns he may resign from the party and government, reflecting deep disaffection within PQ ranks and a weakened grip on party machinery.
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Montreal
Rene Levesque
Quebec
Levesque
English Canada
Ween
Papandreou presses Greece’s NATO split over Cyprus
Greece’s new Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou publicly challenged NATO partners to back his demand to guard Greece’s eastern borders with Turkey. He partially suspends Greece from NATO military command, signaling a tougher stance amid long running Greco Turkish tensions tied to Cyprus.
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Andreas Papandreou
Western Alliance
Canada
Papandreou
Socialist
Greece
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
London
European Economic Community
Cyprus
Bernard Rogers
U.S
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James Ferrabee
York University
Toronto
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