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rush-hour traffic. Riddell has a free
trade information session in Trenton
that night.
Riddell, Lou D'Onofrio says, is
one of the busiest of all the cabinet
ministers, speaking three or four
nights a week on average. There are
so many invitations for him to speak
from Federations of Agriculture, Soil
and Crop Improvement Associations,
and other groups that he can't meet all
the requests, says Bruce Stewart.
By four the minister is on the road
again. Jim Fitzgerald and Bob Seguin,
director of the Economics and Policy
Branch, accompany him. Fitzgerald
takes along another thick briefing case
filled with letters. Along the way
Riddell will sign 200 of them. There's
also an informal briefing in prepara-
tion for the meeting, although Riddell
has spoken so often on free trade that
most of the facts are at his fingertips.
They arrive in Trenton about six
and take time for supper, the first meal
Riddell has had since breakfast.
At 7:30 there are about 100 people
and 8 reporters at the Knights of Col-
umbus Hall. Riddell speaks for about
20 minutes in a calm, business -like
manner, not breathing fire as he some-
times does on the subject. Seguin fol-
lows with a slide show on aspects of
the trade agreement. During a ques-
tion and answer period, some people
take advantage of the chance to ply the
minister with questions on other topics
such as Sunday shopping.
It's back in the car about 10:30 and
back to Toronto to prepare for another
day that will begin at 8 a.m. Fridays
the Legislature doesn't sit and Riddell
gets upset if he can't spend most of
the day in Huron, an aide says.
The day ends back in Toronto at
12:30. Lou D'Onofrio has said earlier
that it's too bad it was a rather quiet
day to follow the minister around.°