Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 22, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba Anglophone Breaks ranks Drummonds decision adds momentum to pm cause Winnipeg free March 1980 up photo Ottawa you could have imagined Many scenarios months but the most unlikely one was the spectacle of a prominent member of the Montreal Angle establishment doing in the Feder Alist cause in the Quebec referendum politics holds the fascination of sport because of the constant Factor of the the scene of Kevin drum mond standing beside Rene Levesque and announcing that he will vote yes on was the most discouraging of news for Claude ryans Symbol of past its not so much that Drummond is powerful in its in what he Hes a shambling heir to a Fortune from one of the great Anglo phone Industrial families who so dominated for so Long the Economy of Quebec and who fuelled the resent ment that eventually produced the the Drummonds truly were part of the Westmount rhodesian in the phrase made famous by Drummonds answer to his inherited wealth was to dress like an out work Tennis he wore sweaters with the elbows out Long before he was old enough to Wear them out Foth Tringham it was hush puppies and rumpled Corduroy an attempt to prove he could be one of the he received his political apprentice ship in Ottawa As an executive Assis Tant to Bud the essential Liberal Brahman who of course represented the Drummonds family and their friends and neighbors in when he got into Quebec Drummond want exactly considered an intellectual heavyweight by the Robert Bourassa but be did serve As agriculture minister a Post due not to his Westmount roots but More to his links with 500 acres he owns in the Eastern he always seemed ill at ease with the contradiction of his background and his need to fit into a predominately Franco phone Liberal i can recall a meeting in at the height of the furore Over Bouras Sas Bill 22 language legislation the first step to Levesques Bill when Drummond shuffling and not particularly articulate As usual was practically called a traitor by his Well coiffed and irate he had disappeared from Public View since the Bourassa funnelling some of the family Money into Florida but his return to the headlines was a carefully timed coup for the the government party aside from the 6837 margin it had to carry the referendum motion clearly won the debate in the eyes of most every when the liberals in their desperation seemed to be coming on inthe closing the artfully staged unveiling of with his dramatic came on thursday after noon to capture the final headlines and to Hurt liberals perhaps More damaging to the Liber als was the live televising of the entire referendum debate hours of it spread Over three two networks carried the proceed Ings from the National Assembly and an estimated Quebe cers watched the show it became an capturing the Public attention like a Canad Russia hockey series and it revealed to Many Quebe cers for the first time the austere and monkish Persona of Claude Ryan an impression that did not sit Well with Many the whole things leaves the pm with the momentum and Leveque about to announce in a week the actual Date of the referendum Likely May or Premier Bill Bennett of British co Lumbia Calls sovereignty association divorce with bed most of his fellow particularly in the but Treyve pretty Well waited too Long to have any effect on the Albertas Peter whose credentials As a real Canadian Are suspected by a surprising number of people in Central was in que Bec the other Day offering Ryan any help he could it seems most unlikely the Quebec liberals would dare invite him Ontario Bill a puzzling lag Gard who Long ago dissipated the Linch role played by John would seem rather silly attempting to March into Quebec As this historic debate Quebe cers feel the vote is their Busi Ness and it is a moot Point whether at this stage Pierre Trudeau in Jamaica and then preoccupied with the opening of parliament april 14 insert himself into the ref Trot Jar fast 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services of the immigration department would be merged with those of Exter Nal Cida involved people working abroad for the Canadian International development Agency the Canadian Aid Agency would be Given a Chance to become members of the external affairs for the people who Deal with Canadian foreign affairs officials the change is purely there appears to be no change in services offered abroad by embassies and no change in Basic operations of the Vari Ous departments in but a managerial commit tee will decide on which member of which depart ment is Best suited for a specific foreign affairs not All of Canadas top offi Cial abroad Are external affairs Ken the ambassador in Tehran who helped six americans leave is a Trade depart ment some Surprise both the immigration department and the develop ment Agency were caught by Surprise by Trudeau an Trudeau is following the recommendations of Barry former Canadian Consul general in new steers made his recommendations to the former progressive conservative but no action was taken ;