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Canada SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1998 A3 THE OTTAWA CITIZEN 0T 5 c4 7 1 mf it iMMMIMMMBimillWlWIIiaaW Former prime minister Pierre TVudeau poses for a Christmas card in 1980 at Harrington Lake, with his sons Justin, left, Sacha and Michel. Youngest Trudeau 'a free spirit' 5TN Clark saddle New Tory leader takes aim at PM over Quebec by Mike Blanchfield Joe Clark reclaimed the leadership of the federal Progressive Conservatives yesterday and immediately lashed out at Prime Minister Jean Chretien for ill-timed remarks about shutting the door on constitutional reform in Quebec. "I think Mr. Chretien was dead wrong in sending a signal that there is not more that can be done," Mr. Clark told reporters moments after his decisive victory with three-quarters of the votes on the party's second leadership ballot.

"It sends absolutely the wrong signal that this country is somehow locked in a status quo." Mr. Chretien has been been heavily criticized for telling a Quebec newspaper last month that his government has met all the province's traditional demands and suggesting further constitutional reform is not necessary. Mr. Clark also shot back at critics who question his ability to unite Canada's divided right-of-centre voters. In his acceptance speech, he said the Tories are a "strong, national, historic, renewed" political entity, the only party with a realistic chance of appealing to a broad base of voters and defeating a Liberal government that has coasted to office on the strength of a severely divided opposition.

Mr. Clark added his voice to the chorus of critics who have denounced Mr. Chretien for what is seen as ill-timed remarks during the Quebec election. Mr. Clark said he doesn't see a need in the short term to re-open constitutional negotiations with Quebec, but he did not lay out a specific plan for the province.

"I'm not about to spell out a series of changes the night I've been elected leader," he told reporters. But in his speech to party faithful, Mr. Clark said the country needs a renewed sense of purpose, one which Quebecers can share. "For a long time we have talked about national unity. The real need in this country is for national purpose," he told supporters.

"If that becomes clear and compelling, ladies and gentlemen, the unity will follow." Mr. Clark defeated Saskatchewan farmer David Orchard in a second round of voting yesterday, claiming 77.48 per cent of the vote based on returns from all 301 ridings. The party did not release the number of ballots cast Mr. Clark's victory was never in doubt after receiving 48.7 per cent in the first round three weeks ago. After that ballot, second-place finisher Hugh Segal, who picked up 19 per cent, urged his supporters to vote for Mr.

Clark, a move that undercut Mr. Orchard's candidacy after his surprise third-place showing with 16.5 per cent Mr. Orchard called the former prime minister moments after they learned the final results to pledge his support Earlier in the day and with victory virtually assured, Mr. Clark struck back at detractors, notably a group of 250 Ontario Reform and Conservative voters who gathered in Ottawa just days before the final Tory leadership vote. They urged both Mr.

Clark and Reform Leader Preston Manning to make way for a fresh face to lead a new, right wing United Alternative party. He said the Tories greatest challenge is to draw together votes that have been split between his party, Reform, NDP and the Bloc Quebecois, a situation which invariably favours the Liberals. Now that the Tory leadership has been decided, Mr. Clark said his party will look at the policy issues and strategic questions that lie behind advancing its own version of a United Alternative proposal Mr. Clark said the Tories will present their option before the Reform-initiated national United Alternative holds its convention in Ottawa in February.

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I think if he came in with attitude, people would have been put off, but he didn't." Shocked at the news, his mother's friend Nicole Bosley of Ottawa could only say that Mr. Trudeau was "a very free spirit very loved by his mother, who wanted her children to do what they wanted to do." As of last evening, there was no word on funeral services. Local MAC APPLES Box 36 Ri.S12.50 LEMONS PARSLEY USA ONIONS COOKING (50 lb Bog) $9.99 A i Smm hi. j. l)jix! f-r( Li I Above, Margaret Trudeau and son Michel with Cuban leader Fidel Castro during their 1976 visit to the country.

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Trudeau did not. For years, Canadians were treated to 1. --newspaper pictures of Michel and his brothers, Justin and Sacha, with their father on the family's Christmas cards. In 1976, pictures of Cuban leader Fi- Castro hoisting the infant Michel in the air were carried on the world's "newswires. .7.: But life became far quieter in the aftermath of the Trudeau prime minis-tership.

Michel and his brothers their father on private trips around the world to France, Britain, Ireland, China, Southeast Asia, Siberia, Japan and South Africa. The three boys remained very close --to both parents following the Trudeaus' highly public divorce in the J1980S. In a recent CBC documentary on their mother, now Mrs. Fried Kemper of Ottawa, Michel discussed the differ- -ences between his parents. "My father's motto," he said, "is rea- son before passion.

My mom is the complete opposite. "If anything, her biggest fault is that -she is too generous and too kind. I guess the scary wide world sometimes catches her unawares because it is sometimes so incomprehensible that people can't be as kind and as gentle as she is. My mom has her head in the going in the wind and (is) not too concerned where her feet are -touching." Michel resembled his mother, with dark hair and expressive face. In July, Michel was thrust into the national news over his devotion to a pet Driving from British Columbia to his father's home in Montreal, he was hit by another driver on the Manitoba section of the Trans-Canada Highway.

His dog Makwa, a German Shepherd-Labrador cross, disappeared after the accident Mr. Trudeau remained in the Michel Thideau had been living in Rossland, B.C., since last year, hiking and skiing much as his father had often done. At a popular bar, he was known for his friendly ways, someone who came in regularly with a large group of friends. area for several days until the dog was returned to him. "The licence plate is true," Mr.

Trudeau said at the time. "It is 'Friendly He completed his secondary education at Brebeuf College in Montreal, which his father attended in the 1930s. Mr. Trudeau had been living in Rossland, B.C., since last year, hiking and skiing much as his father had often done. He was well known in the small community of young people who work and party in the area.

At The Uplander Hotel, a popular Rossland bar, he was known for his friendly ways, someone who came in regularly with a large group of friends. "It's a small community, a lot of people knew a lot of people on a first-name basis," said Monique, a bartender at The Uplander who preferred to withhold her full name. "But not many people knew who his Green PEPPERS Caw2Sh.SU.7S nr 801 22 Him i Spain CLEMENTINES 5fc.bag lb. SIS. 50 yP Many I California Large 'f 5'T CANTALOUPE fflg 691 1PCKUP CABBAGE GREEN $6.75 mushrooms (5 $6.75 BY CASE mm 14 Hoot Mood.