Pierre Elliott Trudeau will arrive in China on October 10 for a week-long state visit, with the usual wining, dining and sightseeing. That is a considerably friendlier prospect than the Prime Minister has been facing back home in Canada.
Trudeau is beset by serious political and economic woes. Despite all his efforts, Canada is reeling from growing inflation and rising unemployment. Quebec separatists regard the Official Languages Act—which makes French along with English the official language of government—as tokenism. The western provinces growl that the government is ignoring their problems.
Clearly the "Trudeaumania" that swept Canada with Trudeau's election in 1968 has...
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