Release Date

30 Oct, 1987

Runtime

01:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A retrospective look at the relationship between Canada's prime ministers and America's presidents

This feature documentary provides a gripping retrospective of United States-Canada relationships through a study of successive presidents and prime ministers. Using archival film footage, it demonstrates that Canadian prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald down, all began their tenures by making overtures to their American counterparts. Attitudes and outcomes have varied widely. The almost comic antipathy between Kennedy and Diefenbaker, for instance, is as palpable here as is the folksy camaraderie of Reagan and Mulroney. Part four of Reckoning: The Political Economy of Canada series.

Original Title

In Bed with an Elephant

Photos

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Actors

James Laxer

Crew

John Martin

Erna Buffie

Svend-Erik Erikson

Bruce Hagerman

Eric Lemoyne

Mike Mahoney

Kent Nason

Vida Urbonavicius

Alex Salter

Alex Salter

Simon Leblanc

Arthur McKay

Diane Bergeron

Kalle Lasn