That was a very prosperous era, which made it easier to enact such legislation, I imagine. Trudeau was a fascinating man. I liked his international stance, but often disagreed with his domestic policies.

Robert Stanfield was a decent man, as is Joe Clark. I miss all of them. I miss Tommy Douglas too. I don't miss Mulroney...but my! didn't he have a lovely speaking voice. :-) Ed Broadbent is back in action, and that's good to see, but I doubt that the NDP will ever act as anything but a third party on the national scale. They have done better than that in certain provinces from time to time, though.