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During his 21 months as Washington's Ambassador to Ottawa, William Porter, 61, earned the respect of many Canadians as a concerned professional envoy. He traveled frequently through the country, mixed easily with its citizens, gave thoughtful and discreet talks about issues that jointly affect Canada and the U.S. But last week, as Porter left Ottawa to take up a new post as Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau angrily told a cheering House of Commons that Porter had gone beyond "the acceptable bounds within which an ambassador should stay." In a singular diplomatic snub, ministers...
...than in his days as a teen-age idol. A glance at the young Anka hardly explains his durability in show business: could that chubby kid with the wet look who dated pubescent Mousketeer Annette Funicello really have been smart? Paul was the son of a Lebanese restaurateur in Ottawa, but he was only hungry for success. At 14, he won a three-day trip to Manhattan in an IGA soup contest ("I collected the most labels"). One bite of the Big Apple made him want more. Within two years Paul was back, with $100 from his father...
Henry Kissinger is on the move again. Last week, after making his first visit to Canada, he flew to Tokyo and then on to Peking. Before going to Ottawa, the Secretary of State sat down for two hours with TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter and State Department Correspondent Strobe Talbott for a wide-ranging discussion of his foreign policy. Excerpts from the conversation...
...independent-minded governments of the nation's ten provinces. In addition, it is markedly different from the economic policy being pursued in the U.S. That is a potential stumbling block because Canada's economy and currency are closely linked to the U.S.'s. In the past, Ottawa has rarely been successful in pushing major policies that are totally at variance with Washington...
Born. To Margaret Trudeau, 27, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 55, Prime Minister of Canada: their third child, third son; in Ottawa...