Guest AME Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Trudeau Airport named despite protests Last Updated Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:08:05 MONTREAL - Montreal's Dorval Airport was renamed in honour of Pierre Elliott Trudeau in a ceremony Tuesday morning. Transport Minister David Collenette and Trudeau's sons, Justin and Alexandre, are at the ceremony. Bloc Québécois leader Giles Duceppe announced ahead of time he would boycott the ceremony, and a group of Quebec nationalists gathered to protest against the change. The Canadian government had been looking for a tribute to the former prime minister, who died nearly three years ago. In 2000, the government tried to rename Mount Logan in Yukon after Trudeau, but it abandoned the idea after the move caused controversy. Since airports are a federal jurisdiction, it was not necessary to consult with the Quebec government on the move. Opponents of the name change point out that it was Trudeau who had the $4-billion Mirabel Airport built and tried to move all international traffic there. They hope public pressure will make the federal government back down, but if it doesn't, they say they will file a complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization. The name change will officially go into effect Jan. 1. Written by CBC News Online staff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Bergen Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It means so much more that Collenette is making the announcement, what with the great competition to aviation he has made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 LOL! I think even PET himself would be splitting his sides laughing over this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super 80 Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Maybe Collenette could build a train to Mirabel. Even better, he can quit as Minister of Luddite Transportation and be conductor of the train to Mirabel, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fax Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 None the less Patrick, A very good name for Dorval. I disagreed with the chaps politics (sans his handling of the PQ)...but he was a hell of a Canadian. In Your Face Chutzpa........Personified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Bergen Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I agree it is a part of our heritage as Canadians. It was good to see his sons there for the presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neo Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It's a good name for the airport. I grew to dislike much of Trudeau's politics and personality, but he deserves the recognition. neo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ECB Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Still say it should have been Mirabel, which truly was his baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I have no particular beef with renaming Dorval since, well, it'll still be the same crappy ol' airport. But in the name of all that is honest and true, cannot the Libs curtail the Trudeau mythos for a while? Certainly he was/is a giant figure in Canadian political history, but I'm pretty much wrung out over the endless low-intensity PR campaign to keep his name alive. . Oh... and someone bitchslap that Mulroney kid, too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I loved the guy. My favorite politician of all time. Might be that he wasn't the best PM we could've had, but he was indeed a hell of a Canadian. He definitely deserves the recognition. I can only imagine the sting some Quebecois would feel over that. (chuckle, snicker, snort) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Clumsy Lover Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 I agree as well, any airport named after Trudeau sits a whole lot better in my stomach than an airport named after Deifenbaker.... That was like naming a childrens hospital after Kavorkian.... Only in Canada eh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neo Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Don't get too cocky, or you're liable to be looking at Trudeau's face on every $20 bill you see in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Jake... "but I'm pretty much wrung out over the endless low-intensity PR campaign to keep his name alive." Where would one have to look to see any of that? I haven't seen it, but then, I'm not your average Canuck I suppose. This doesn't belong here, but it just hit me... My most vivid memory of Mulroney and Trudeau interacting... during one of their televised debates where the wannabe Mulroney dissed Trudeau over his patronage appointments and said, "You could've said no"... then of course Mulroney proceeded to break all records for patronage appointments. His son seems to have inherited his arrogance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azure Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 By then, it'll probably be a $20 coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southshore Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It was Mulroney debating not Trudeau but John Turner, who after taking over from Trudeau approved the patronage appointments. Turner replied "I had no choice". This led to the election of the chin that wagged and exploded the size of the PMO. The chin truly called the pot black, to screw up a metaphor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southshore Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It was Mulroney debating not Trudeau but John Turner, who after taking over from Trudeau approved the patronage appointments. Turner replied "I had no choice". This led to the election of the chin that wagged and exploded the size of the PMO. The chin truly called the pot black, to screw up a metaphor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fax Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 It's kind of a funny thing isn't it neo. During his time, his personality rather grated...but given the politicians that came on the stage after, it's easy to appreciate just what a unique individual he was. It would be interesting to see how he would have handled the conditions that exist in the present. Any precip. in the OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 [chuckle, snort] Ok, thanks for that, my memory of it had morphed somehow... Still the chin's words stuck in my head, "you could have said no" (I think he might have added "sir"?)... and yet I was stunned that I never once heard anyone throw those words back at him! ...or Rub his chin in it. The arrogant dick. His arrogance wouldn't even let him accept the fact that he, not Kim, had brought the tories to the wasteland. He wanted a legacy more then JC does, always envious of Trudeau's continued reputation and status... And he's got it. He has the distinction of doing more harm to Canada than any other PM before him, and these several years under JC have been a part of that harm. If he hadn't blown PC credibility to ratpoop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Trudeau to be honoured with statue http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1062367811475&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968705899037 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park http://cotestluc-hampstead-mtlouest.ville.montreal.qc.ca/En/Services/MunServices/Recreation/RecreationFacilities.asp Pierre Elliott Trudeau School http://www.geocities.com/trudeauelementary/archives.html On Feb. 20, 2002 the federal government announced a $125 million fellowship program to honour Trudeau. http://temagami.carleton.ca/jmc/cnews/08032002/n2.shtml News Release Date: August 28, 2003 VAUGHAN COUNCIL APPROVES INITIATIVE TO ERECT STATUE OF THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU http://www.city.vaughan.on.ca/newscentre/2003/news03-88.cfm Highest peak to be Trudeau Mountain PM plans new name for Mount Logan http://www.globeandmail.com/series/trudeau/peak.html And on, and on…………. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Ok, thanks Jake. Butchaknow-what? We're a funny bunch, we Canadians. We let - perhaps "force" would fit better there - most of our charismatic and creative geniuses to make their mark elsewhere. Here's one who wouldn't be forced to go anywhere. He wouldn't leave for any reason because what he wanted was not selfish, it was for our country, ...as shmultzy as that sounds.... The guy was as dedicated to this country as you're ever going to find, and why shouldn't we honour that? We could do with a little more of that from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Well... It could be worse... "Brian Mulroney International Airport"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Please! I know, I hereby dedicate the toilet in the mens room at Bay 8 in YYZ to the chin man. There, now nobody needs to feel like he's owed something more substantial... like a sewer system or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Bergen Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 David Collenette could have an airport but it would need a railway station on it and no tower so as not to provide assistance. Kim Campbell could have an airport as well but it would need to have a really short runway so that if you blinked you would miss it. Joe Clark's airport could be built on a farmers field out west but part way into construction he could have a vote and give it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JakeYYZ Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 The way to honor Clark would be to a name drinks after him. The 'JokeLark' could be a couple of ounces of watery pablum laced with cottage cheese, representative of his charisma while in public life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrick Bergen Posted September 10, 2003 Share Posted September 10, 2003 Collenettes could be a drink with mucho hot peppers in it cause the next morning.....well you get the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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