5 Feet of Fury

“Another 1972 [CIA] bulletin found it odd…”

…that the Liberals kept portraying a man in his late 40s as a “youthful but brilliant playboy.”

By 1978, analysts were writing of Trudeau’s “long-standing fascination” with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and noting that while many Canadians “dislike and distrust” Trudeau, he still seemed to be the “most able” leader Canada could muster.