Trudeau Valued Performance Above Image. He Knew

The Art Of Politics Is Learning To Walk With Your Back To The Wall, Your Elbows High, And A Smile On Your Face. It's A Survival Game Played Under The Glare Of Lights.

Three Months Later, On September 5, 2001, At A Pro-am Event Preceding The Canadian Open At The Royal Montreal Golf Club, I Was Invited To Play A Round With Tiger Woods. Nothing In The Game Of Politics Had Ever Been As Nerve-racking As That Game Of Golf.

Most Canadians Don't Understand The House Of Commons. They Turn On Their Televisions, See Us Yelling At One Another, And Dismiss Us As A Bunch Of Fools.

Canadian Federalism Is More Than A Form Of Government. It's Also A System Of Values That Allows Different People In Diverse Communities To Live And Work Together In Harmony For The Good Of All.

It's One Thing For A Courier Service Transport Letters And Documents From One City To Another At A Cost That Only Big Business Can Afford; But It's Another Thing To Take A Letter From An Indian Boy Studying At The University Of Ottawa To His Mother In Old Crow.