By Bob Hoye ——Bio and Archives--September 16, 2024

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My shelves include five thin paperback books altogether covering politics from 1968 to the latest, published in 2019.

The earliest is “TRUDEAU A MAN FOR TOMORROW”, written by Douglas Stuebing et al. Published in 1968 it dotes on Trudeau’s presence and intelligence.

A few years earlier, America, all too briefly, celebrated John F. Kennedy’s charm and charisma. So, a few years later, Canada celebrated “Trudeaumania”.

Not fully understanding the menace of a “mania”.

Accolades on the back cover include: “Trudeau’s life, his social conscience, his political debut, his brilliant and, to most Canadians, his unexpected success”.

Generally, the book fawns on the man that became, internationally, a very charismatic figure. Canada’s rebellious version of JFK.

One book is “NONE DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY”. Published by Gary Allen in 1971, the back cover includes: “I wish that every country in the free world and every slave behind the Iron Curtain might read this book”. That’s from a former Secretary of Agriculture.

Another one from the cover is by the then head of the FBI: “admirable job of amassing information to prove that communism is socialism and a socialism (a plot to enslave the world) is not a movement of the downtrodden but a scheme supported and directed by the wealthiest of people”.

Authoritarian iniquity is now inspiring another popular reform movement.

In reviewing the “haves”, the Trudeau family has been wealthy for a long time. PET’s father, in 1932 sold his business for 1.4 million dollars.

Indeed, and over the three generations, the Trudeau regard for the petroleum industry has been fascinating.

Pierre’s father, Charles-Emile,........

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