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Q: He helped out former prime minister Pierre
Trudeau at points. What did he bring to Trudeau?
How did he help him?
A: Well, Trudeau was a common friend of both
McLuhan and myself. At the time I met McLuhan I
had just become the policy chairman of the Liberal
party for Ontario. And as such, I was one of
Trudeau’s advisors. I’d had a rapport with Mr.
Trudeau—I’m not saying he took my advice—not
many times, but once or twice. And I wrote a book
called The Way Ahead for Canada based on a
working paper that Trudeau had developed.
McLuhan and I had worked on some ideas together,