In Ottawa, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney was sleeping when he was woken up to take a call from U.S. President George H.W. “I hate to send in kids to fight,” Bush, who himself saw action when he was in his late teens, told Mulroney. ““We wish you well,” Mulroney told Bush. “We will be in the House of Commons tomorrow morning to answer questions and we will explain things to the Canadian people.”Thanks to the hard-working staff at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in Texas, you can read a transcript of the entire discussion between the two leaders at this link.

Source: CBC News December 20, 2022 11:23 UTC