China Canada: Trudeau and Elephant Canada

china canada: While his father spoke of the U.S. as the elephant Canada had to sleep with, the younger Trudeau must face a new global pachyderm, according to CBC. Canola dispute looms with China Canada wants more Chinese immigrants "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant," then prime minister Pierre Trudeau said in 1969 to the Washington press. "No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt." A transformed beast Since then, while the United States continues to be the most important elephant in our lives, a new one has appeared. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travels to China this week in advance of the G20 meeting in Hangzhou, he must deal with a country, and a leader, of vast and growing strength. Canada then prime minister Pierre Trudeau shakes hands with Mao Zedong on Oct. 13, 1973. The China that the government of Trudeau père recognized in 1970 and that he visited in 1973 has transformed into a much more potent beast. They met at Chungnanhai while Trudeau was on an official visit to China. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.