PIERRE TRUDEAU: ANTI–AMERICANISM?
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (1957)
Political domination and economic domination are inextricably mixed. That was demonstrated only a few years ago by two American ambassadors in Guatemala who became mercenaries for United Fruit.
In the key sectors of the Canadian economy, non–residents are in the position to take decisions contrary to the welfare of Canadians.
This leads to the following question: Can Canada free itself from the domination that the foreigner, and especially the American, exercises on its economy? … We could passively submit to American domination … or we could vigorously intervene in the play of economic forces.
Labour unions must be encouraged to obtain for our workers maximum salaries, leaving minimum profits to the foreigner.
As far as an obligation on Canadian companies dominated by American capital to sell common shares to Canadians is concerned, this policy would only make senses if: Canadians are ready to save more or disinvest from less profitable sectors and the government is ready — unless the private sector is — to acquire [118] for itself these shares, which would mean partial nationalization of the company.
In conclusion, you can see that a country under the thumb of economic domination can only get out from under it if it practices planning. For that, Canadian nationalism would have to become economically interventionist.¹
ENDNOTES
1. Pierre Elliott Trudeau (1957) in David Somerville, Trudeau Revealed By His Actions and Words, Eric Lafeuille, translator, Richmond Hill, Ontario, BMG Publishing Limited, 1978, 117–118. From: Rapport de la quatrième Conférence annuelle de l’Institut Canadien des affaires publiques, Conférence annuelle de l’Institut Canadien des affaires publiques, 25–29 septembre, 1957, St. Adèle, Québec.
See: “Claude Frenette, the right hand man of Paul Desmarais … was elected as president of the Québec wing of the Liberal Party of Canada in virtue of the upcoming leadership race: Frenette and Pierre Trudeau elaborated a scheme at the Power Corporation whereby the latter would become the new leader of the Liberal Party and then the Prime Minister of Canada.”
Robin Philpot, Derrière L’État Desmarais: Power, 1e édition, Montréal, Les Intouchables, 2008, 14–15: “Claude Frenette, adjoint de Paul Desmarais … a été élu président de l’aile québécoise du Parti libéral fédéral en vue du congrès au leadership et, dans les bureaux mêmes de Power Corporation, avec Pierre Trudeau, il a établi le plan qui mènerait celui–ci à la direction du Parti libéral et au poste de premier ministre du Canada.”
See also: “Among titans, Desmarais is in a class of his own. He is the only major establishment figure whose hold on power has bridged all of my books, having been featured in my first volume, published nearly a quarter of a century ago, just as prominently as he is in this one … One of Desmarais’ favorite collectibles is Pierre Trudeau, who remains on Power Corp.’s international advisory board … plans for Trudeau’s candidacy had first been hatched in early 1968 at the offices of Power Corporation, at Friday–night meetings presided over by then–Power vice–president Claude Frenette. In August of that year, two months after Trudeau swept the country, the new PM flew to visit Desmarais at Murray Bay.”
Peter Charles Newman, “King Paul,” The Canadian Establishment: The Titans, How the New Canadian Establishment Seized Power, vol. 3, Toronto, Viking Canada, 1998, 164–189; 166–172–172.
See finally: “In early 1989, in the largest financial transaction in Canadian history, Paul Desmarais sold Consolidated–Bathurst for $2.6–Billion to American investors. Consolidated–Bathurst, the crown jewel of the Québec pulp and paper industry, under the control of Paul Desmarais, had benefited from massive subsidies over the decades from the taxpayers of Québec. The sale of Montréal Trust later followed for some $550–Million: Thus, Paul Desmarais ripped–off (arrachés) $3–Billion in natural resources from the hard–working people of Québec.”
Robin Philpot, “Paul Desmarais: Un bilan s’impose,” Le Devoir, 12 octobre 2013: “Début 1989, dans la plus importante transaction financière de l’histoire du Canada, Desmarais vend à des Américains pour plus de 2,6 milliards de dollars la Consolidated–Bathurst, joyau de l’industrie papetière québécoise qui avait profité depuis des dizaines d’années des largesses du gouvernement du Québec. Suit la vente de Montréal Trust pour 550 millions. Voilà un pactole de 3 milliards arrachés aux ressources naturelles et à la sueur des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec.”
Remark: Obviously Pierre Trudeau’s anti–Americanism is really pseudo–anti–Americanism, since he was always a puppet of the Power Corporation and Paul Guy Desmarais, who loved to sell Québec’s natural resources to Americans.
The phony “anti–Americanism” of Pierre Trudeau made him very popular with British Imperialists and Québec nationalists. But Trudeau’s phony “anti–Americanism” is based on a fallacy, which was gobbled–up by his feeble minded followers: “Non–residents are in the position to take decisions contrary to the welfare of Canadians.” In other words, his supporters were seduced by the delusion that Americanism is contrary to the welfare of Canadians. Their stupidity made Pierre Elliott Trudeau into a very rich man, but their descendants became very poor folks, at least for the greatest part: More than half the population of Québec lives on welfare, or very near it.
Certainly American finance, commerce and industry greatly benefits many Canadians. This mighty economic truth is evidenced every day in our grocery stores. Although Pierre Elliott Trudeau was really a pseudo–anti–American, he most certainly was an enemy of the British imperialist ruling class in Ottawa, which admired Queen Elizabeth II and the British monarchy. For this ruling class exercised powerful control upon Canadian Crown Lands and the natural resources of Canada. Trudeau will ascend to power and shift this control into the hands of the Québécocracy: “Political domination and economic domination are inextricably mixed.”
