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Former Quebec premier René Lévesque, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau, and former Alberta premier Peter Lougheed had different styles of leadership: Mr. Lougheed was a consulter, Mr. Trudeau a decider, and Mr. Lévesque rallied people. Photographs courtesy of Duncan Cameron, Dutch national archive/Rob Mieremet, Library & Archives Canada

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 22, 2017

In my time as a reporter, UN worker, and public servant, I have met many people in public life. The three most memorable were Peter Lougheed, Pierre Trudeau, and René Lévesque. When I arrived in Calgary in the summer of 1978, I was assigned to cover a speech by then-premier Peter Lougheed at a po...

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