PM To Cabinet: “Appear To Listen,” Look “Sympathetic”

Then-Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau planned to combat 1981 recession protests with pro-Liberal federal advertising and tips for cabinet on how to “appear to listen,” say declassified records. Trudeau cautioned: “Nothing would be more harmful than to communicate a sense of not knowing what we are doing.”

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