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Originally Posted by Penthode
What has Trudeau to do with the choice of the Canadian colour standard? The CBC began NTSC colour more than two years before Trudeau became PM.
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"...his close ties with Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) intellectuals (including F. R. Scott, Eugene Forsey, Michael Kelway Oliver and Charles Taylor) led to his support of and membership in that federal democratic socialist party throughout the 1950s."
"His decision to join the Liberal Party of Canada rather than the CCF's successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP) was partly based on his belief that the federal NDP could not achieve power. He also doubted the feasibility of the centralizing policies of the party."
He was in government in the late 60's and his propensity to intervene across portfolios in government was legendary. He later waged a personal campaign for example against what he figured was the Americanizing of Canadian media... the story of CKLW was a perfect example. Given the chance and if technology existed, he would have had no issue closing off Canadians' access to US media. What we have now through regulation of the CRTC (and previously via the CBC) was a direct result of his mandate.