Why is brian mulroney hated

Mulroney got done in his nine years in office. His decision to pursue the free-trade agreement despite the obvious political risk was one of the boldest any recent prime minister has taken. It has paid off richly for Canadians, who have seen their economic future assured by reliable access to the world's richest market.

It took at least as much political courage to revamp the tax system by introducing the GST, a necessary, sensible reform that nevertheless produced a public backlash from which Mr. Mulroney never fully recovered. In the economic sphere, Mr. Mulroney streamlined government by selling off inefficient Crown corporations to private interests. In foreign affairs, he played an important role in fighting apartheid in South Africa through the Commonwealth.

In national affairs, he tried to heal the constitutional breach with Quebec through the Meech Lake accord, a noble attempt to accommodate Quebec nationalism that foundered in the end, despite herculean efforts by Mr.

It is unfortunate that a former prime minister had to strut and spit the way he sometimes did in the Newman interviews. But it can't be easy being so unfairly and unreasonably loathed. Brian Mulroney deserves much better.

Follow us on Twitter: globedebate Opens in a new window. Report an error. CBC Archives has a new look: Please go to cbc. A decade after Brian Mulroney left office as the most hated prime minister, Canadians are still angry. Upon learning that Mulroney will give a speech at the Tory leadership convention, one man tells CBC Radio that he's not happy about it.

Despite being one of the very few political leaders to gain international recognition as a statesman after leaving office, he still remains unpopular in Canada.

Brian Mulroney was ranked 8th. He was hailed "for his smashing election victories and his big agenda of free trade and the Constitution, but he was seen as a Gucci-shod glad hander in bed with the Yankees, the man who failed so dismally in his constitutional gambits and left office so hated by the Canadian public that it promptly destroyed his party in an act of calculated revenge.

Mulroney told the audience that he had been waiting for an airport cart to take him to the other side of the airport, when a woman tried to butt in ahead of him. The airport official told the woman that she could not have the cart because it was being "reserved for the former dictator of Canada. Thomas College, now known as St.

Morgan Chase, Quebecor World Inc. I feel that people believe the worst in me. She could barely respond to a text message. But it all came crashing down on June 10 with a minute Instagram video by Exeter, a black mom from Toronto. Exeter alleged that Mulroney had threatened her on Instagram after Exeter implored acquaintances to speak out in support of the Black Lives Matter movement during the summer protests.

I am unequivocally sorry for not doing that with you, and for any hurt I caused. As I told you privately, I have lived a very public and personal experience with my closest friend where race was front and center. She told The Post that she had been privately speaking to Exeter for two weeks before the latter posted her video.

Days later, Exeter posted her video and all hell broke loose. Every company Mulroney worked with dropped her — without launching any investigations, she told The Post. I think that hurt the most. I call it protecting my friend. Of course, Meghan has been worried about Jess. I just want to try to move on from this. Read Next. Alex Trebek cremated, ashes will remain with his wife at h This story has been shared 17, times.