Canada and the Pacific: Perils of a policy paper

27. Interview, Caouette, op cit. 28. For a capsule review of the Creditistes' nationalist period, see Wade, M., The French Canadians 1760-1967, revised edition, MacMillan of Canada, (Toronto 1968) Vol. II, p. 1111. 29. Interview, Rondeau, op cit. 30. Interview, Gauthier, op cit. 31. Interview, Rondeau, op cit. 32. See Debates, House of Commons, February 1971. 33. Interview, Fortin, January 17, 1970. 34. See Journals, House of Commons, October 8, 1970 June 25, 1971. 35. Personal observation. 36. The Globe and Mail, January 21, 1971, p. 47. 37. Interview, Andre Fortin, February 2, 1971. 38. Interview, Stanley Knowles, May 11, 1971. 39. Official caucus minutes, October 7, 1970. 40. Ibid., October 7, 1970 - January 19, 1971. 41. Interview, Gerard Laprise, February 4, 1971. 42. Interview, Rondeau, op cit. 43. Debates, February 2, 1971, p. 3005. 44. See Debates, January 13, 1971, pp. 2384-2386 and pp. 23882390 . 45. Interview, Rene Beaudouin, March 31, 1971. 46. Interview, Jean-Claude Devost, party treasurer, April 30, 1971. 47. Stein, op cit., p. 128. 48. Interview, Beaudouin, op cit. 49. Interview, Matte, op cit. 50. Interview, Fortin, op cit. 51. Le Soleil, November 29, 1969, p. 3. 52. Interview, Romuald Rodrigue, February 2, 1971. 53. Interviews with Creditiste MPs. 54. Interview, Matte, op ell. 55. Ibid. 56. Interview, Fortin, op clt. 57. Interview, Matte, op cit. 58. Official caucus minutes, December 16, 1970. 59. Interview, Beaudouln, op clt. Canada and the Pacific: perils of a policy paper T. A. KEENLEYSIDE "I see no other course than to take things moderately, and not to undertake to advocate any enterprise with too much zeal; but to give one's advice calmly and modestly." Thus does Machiavelli advise those who counsel princes in The Discourses. 1 "For as men only judge of matters by the result, all the blame of failure is charged upon him who first advised it; whilst in case of success he receives commendations, but the Journal of Canadian Studies 60. Interview, Latulippe, op cit. 61. Interview, Fortin, op cit. 62. Interview, Matte, op clt. 63. Interview, Rodrigue, op clt. 64. Interview, Beaudouin, op cit. 65. Interview, Caouette, op cit. 66. Debates, House of Commons, 3rd Session, 28th Parllament, 1970, Vol. I, p. 332. 67. Ibid., p. 194. 68. Official caucus minutes, October 21, 1970. 69. Copies of the letter drafted by caucus and the letter sent by Real Caouette were consulted at the Ralliement's research office. The quotes on pp. 29 and 30 are from these two letters. 70. Official caucus minutes, October 28, 1970. 71. Debates, House of Commons, 3rd Session, 28th Parllament, 1970, Vol. II, p. 1391. 72. Ibid., p. 1391. 73. Ibid., p. 1391. 74. Ibid., p. 1447. 75. Ibid., p. 1479. 76. Ibid., p. 1513. 77. Interview, Fortin, op cit. 78. Debates, op cit., p. 1518. 79. Interview, Caouette, op clt. 80. Interview, Matte, op cit. 81. Interview, Phil Cossette, September 12, 1971. 82. Interviews, October 9-10, 1971, with Matte, Fortin, Rodrigue, and Beaudouln at the leadership convention. 83. Young, W., op cit., p. 6. 84. See Stein, M. B., The Dynamics of Right-Wing Protest: An Analysis of Social Credit in Quebec. 85. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1972, ed. Pierre Normandin . 86. Le Devoir, March 2"2, 1972, p. 1. 87. The Ralllement won 15 seats and almost 25 per cent of the Quebec vote, up from 16.4 per cent In 1968. 88. Stein, The Dynamics of Right-Wing Protest, op cit. reward never equals the punishment."2 The Canadian public is perhaps fortunate that its present Government does not seem to have applied Machiavellian precepts too literally, as it is clear that the first great exponent of realpolitik would never have approved of such a venture as a public review of the Government's foreign policy. To reexamine and set out publicly new objectives in an area of domestic policy would have been viewed as risky enough, but to commit oneself in advance to specific policy goals in the ever-fluid international field, where national policies are continually subject to the vagaries of the external environment, 31 would have been regarded by the master of political power as "immodesty" itself. Many critics of...