Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free september 13 the a takes Over As head of Trudeau political staff up photo Ottawa up while the verbal was with the Over the govern ments policy to Canad Anite the Oil Industry heated up in the last few the 34yearold Whiz kid who played a big role in promoting the policy quietly took Over As head of prime minister Trudeau political Roll Polly Tom axas the youngest Ever principal becomes the backroom boy of All backroom boys with Access to of Power that most can Only dream he Heads a staff of about 60 in Trudeau office known in Ottawa simply As the pm the place where the political and bureaucratic sides of government come with the exception of some support everyone in the pm is a political appointment and their fortunes Rise and fall with that of the ardent nationalist their Job is to help keep Trudeau and his Cabinet out of trouble by ensuring they get detailed political intelligence from a variety of including the the party and the we Are the radar of the ship of says the political its not our Job to say where the ship will go the politicians Job but its being Able to say whether there is Clear sailing ahead or whether there Are storms or Winnipeg born and the younger brother of Lloyd the minis Ter of Tom Axworthy is an ardent nationalist of the Walter Tom Axworthy right shares a moment with his Cabine minister in Gordon his first Job in Ottawa in 1967 was As a researcher for Gor dons task Force on the he holds a masters and doctorate in political science from Axworthy joined the pm in 1975 and worked his Way up to senior policy second in command to Prin Cipal Secretary Jim he moved into the top spot when Coutts left for his ill fated run in the Toronto Spadina the As he is known to some around the wrote nearly every speech Trudeau delivered in the Liber als nationalistic 1980 election Cam including the one in Halifax where he unveiled the policy of making the Canadian Oil Industry 50 per cent Canadian controlled by the canadians nation policy had its origins in a party platform but Axworthy was one of a few key advisers who helped defend the idea with Trudeau saw the implications of the policy immediately and asked some pretty penetrating a worthy says he Calls it an absolutely massive change in the ownership of the Cana Dian Economy and notes with satisfaction that it has tremendous support from the general Public and the Liberal party canadians nation is Here to significant action its the most perhaps the most significant the Constitution one of the most significant actions the party has taken since the second world if the image of Coutts was that of the fixer with a Telephone growing out of his Axworthy is that of the Bookish policy fun for Axworthy is Reading weighty political and economic have you read the Harvard Energy Axworthy once asked a reporter on the 1980 i missed came the he places great emphasis on re search and took offence at news stories that the new Otta Aalberta Energy Deal violates the Liberal election prom ise of cheap Energy at his Energy department nation officials burned the Midnight Oil churn ing out graphs and charts with which Trudeau attempted to refute the charges about broken but Axworthy is also a child of the Hes got a beatle poster for his office and likes Rock n Roll con his heroes include John Ken Nedy and Catfish Lorna chairman of the lib eral party policy says Shes impressed by Axworthy ability to think things through and with his con Cern for expressing ideas in terms of Liberal he commands the knowledge but he draws people out in debate and never puts people she soon after he took Over the new Axworthy called the 22 members of her committee to Tell them in still Here and in still interested in poli what do i like Best about my Job asks a grinning i dont want to sound too Drippy Here but i still think politics is the Best Avenue for achieving Aristotle defined politics As the honorable profession and i 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