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Correspondent Marcia Gauger, who also reported the cover stories, visited Ottawa for the first time a year ago to cover the Conservative convention that elected Mulroney as party leader. During the eight weeks of this summer's campaign, she crisscrossed Canada to follow the major candidates. She picked up Liberal Prime Minister John Turner in British Columbia in July as he kicked off his campaign, then flew across Canada to catch up with Mulroney in his home town of Baie Comeau, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. "It was windy and barren country," she says. "Even...
Gauger had found it difficult to corner Mulroney for a long conversation, but on the flight back to Ottawa the day after his victory, the Prime Minister-elect granted the interview published with our story. Meanwhile, Associate Editor Jim Kelly flew to Montreal and Quebec to observe the campaign, and met Mulroney and his wife before sitting down to write the cover story. The result, overseen by Senior Editor Donald Morrison, is an analysis of what Canada's change of course means to that nation...
Though the date has not been officially set, Mulroney is expected to be sworn in early next week. After moving to 24 Sussex Drive, the Prime Minister's official residence in Ottawa, only two months ago, Turner and his family will have to start packing again. One of Turner's last duties will be to play host to Pope John Paul II as he begins an eleven-day visit to Canada this week. Turner, a Roman Catholic, planned to be on hand for the Pope's arrival in Quebec City on Sunday...
Such cautionary talk, however, seemed wildly out of place last week as Mulroney prepared to assume his post. The Tory leader planned to closet himself with his aides in Ottawa to pick a Cabinet and prepare his party's address for the opening of Parliament. The speech is expected to outline, in greater detail than Mulroney did on the campaign trail, the Tory vision for Canada. If his race and his past are any guide, the new Prime Minister will describe a society that is tolerant in its vast diversity, compassionate toward its less fortunate members and, of course...
Relations between Washington and Ottawa have actually been improving since 1982, when Secretary of State George Shultz started holding bilateral talks with Foreign Minister Allan MacEachen every three months. Colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1950s, the two men enjoyed an excellent rapport that quickly trickled down through their respective bureaucracies. "We got energized knowing that our bosses were looking over our shoulders," says a U.S. diplomat. The meetings focused primarily on trade and economic issues; though Mulroney has not yet named MacEachen's successor, both U.S. and Canadian officials expect trade barriers to fall...