J effrey Simpson (PM's China, India Travels Are Overdue - Nov. 14) says "Canada under Pierre Trudeau became the first large Western country to recognize 'Red China.' " Not quite. Full Article at Globe and Mail

2 5 years ago: The Globe and Mail reported that Pierre Trudeau, in accepting a $50,000 award from the Albert Einstein Peace Prize Foundation, renewed his plea for better East-West relations, urging world leaders to pursue the "politics of peace" more... Full Article at Globe and Mail

Six years ago this weekend, Jean Chrétien bid his party and the country farewell. Since then Canadians have tried out two prime ministers and found neither deserving of a majority. Full Article at Toronto Star

G wyn Morgan is the retired founding CEO of EnCana Corp. So-o-o, it's now clear that Canada can meet its original Kyoto targets after all. Full Article at Globe and Mail

Once the most glamorous of classical guitarists (and a former belle of Pierre Trudeau), Boyd has come through a painful divorce, a vida loca in Miami and a battle with focal dystonia to arrive at a new career as a singer-songwriter. Full Article at ArtsJournal

Former energy minister Marc Lalonde has fond memories of Ed Clark, who's now the CEO of Toronto-Dominion Bank. “The guy was brilliant. We used to call him Red Ed,” he told me last year at a dinner party. Full Article at Globe and Mail