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Pierre Trudeau may have asked business leader to move jobs from Quebec, says U.S. State Department document Elizabeth Thompson © Bill Grimshaw/Canadian Press The U.S. State Department documents paint a picture of a cordial relationship between former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and U.S. Ambassador Thomas Enders. A once-secret U.S. State Department document suggests that former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau may have asked one of Quebec s top business leaders to make it as tough as possible for the newly elected Parti Québécois government in 1976 and to quietly move jobs out of the province. In a telegram dated Dec. 22, 1976  little more than a month after René Lévesque s sovereignist Parti Québécois stunned the rest of Canada by sweeping into power  U.S. Ambassador Thomas Enders updated the State Department on the debate behind the scenes within Pierre Trudeau s government. He said Trudeau might be considering a more aggressive approach to dealin

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