Brian Mulroney, controversial Canadian Tory prime minister who came unstuck on Quebec – obituary

Brian Mulroney, the former Progressive Conservative Canadian Prime Minister, who has died aged 84, was elected in 1984 to reverse the profligacy of the Trudeau Liberals and end what was widely perceived as fiscal favouritism to Quebec, but did nothing of the kind.

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