The Wingham Advance-Times, 1985-04-17, Page 281
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Surely Canadians under-
stand by now that the
Reagan administration
takes a pretty simplistic
view of the surrounding uni-
verse. There are the, guys
with white hats and the guys
with.. the black- hats, and
there is no room for shades
of gray. Yet gray is what Mr.
Trudeau wore, and in Ronald
Reagan's eyes, his hat must
have looked pretty near
charcoal at times.
I think we should ask our-
selves precisely what that
gray hat actually achieved.
Did it make the world a safer
place? Did it soften Mr. Rea-
gan's attack on the "evil em-
pire"? Did 'the Foreign In-
vestment. Review Agency
give us our country back?
Did the National Program
ensure self-sufficiency? Did
tweaking the Americans'
nose firm up our dollar? Did
it create Canadian jobs? Did
it put Canadian programs on
Canadian television? Did it
give us a better sense of our
national identity? If the gray
hat did any of those things, it
certainly didn't do them very
well.
Mr. Mulroney has made it
• clear from the beginning
that he would burn the gray
hat and wear a white one, so
that in Washington there
would be no mistake about
whose side we were on. And
there is no hard evidence to
date that we're any worse off.
because of it.
The recent media and op-
position panic about the ero-
sion of Canadian sovereignty
reminds me of decision-
making between a man and
his wife. As the husband ex-
plains it: "I decide all the
important things: the Middle
East; the economy; who
should be Prime Minister.
My wife handles the dom-
estic stuff: where we are go-
ing to live; what'kind of car
we buy; where the kids go to
school; that sort of thing".
In Canada, we have been '
deciding the important
things for years. But in
terms of most of the issues
that affect our daily Lives,
the United States have been
in charge of the household
for some time. This is not
something that can be
negotiated at a summit
meeting. It is simply a fact
that we have to live with.
Mr. Mulroney's decision to
change hats, to be friendly,
may be dangerous
politically. Traditionally,
much of our nationalism has
been rooted in a contradic-
tory kind of . anti -
Americanism, and pooping
on Washington. is almost a
national pastime. It helps us
get over our national infer-
iority complex..
I think the time has come
to give Mr. Mulroney's ap-
proach a chance. Perhaps
we can get more things, done
to our liking as friends than
we could as critics. And if it
doesn't work, we'll have
nothing to lose by becoming
a squeaky wheel again, look-
ing for grease•we rarely get.
;BOOR
REVIEW
C11 L- S I:._ THE- -PER=
SONAL MONARCH. By
Charles Carlton. Ark Paper-
backs, London. (In Canada:
Oxford University Press,
Toronto. $12.50.) 440 pp.
Paper.
Reviewed by • "
PERCY MADDUX
King Charles I died in his
49th year when his head fell
from the block on Januray
30, 1649. He had been ,an
unhappy but stubborn
monarch.
The book by Charles
Carlton titled "Charles I:
The°Persl6nal Monarch" is a
history of the reign of King
Charles I (1625-1649) as well
as his personal story. It is
well researched and gives
the-reader--the--full-story-in-__
detail, a startling piece of
stupendous historical
writing. It is quite suitable
for general reading, but
students will welcome it for
its extensive coverage of the
reign and the events that are
merely sketched in general
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