# American's general knowledge about Canada

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-general-knowledge-about-canada/34617>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2000, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-general-knowledge-about-canada/34617 "2000-09-26T16:12:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TinCanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@TinCanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TinCanMan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-general-knowledge-about-canada/34617/101 "2000-10-03T12:02:56Z")

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Just out of curiousity, a quick question for the Americans out there. How widespread has the news of the passing of Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau been south of the border?

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**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2000, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/americans-general-knowledge-about-canada/34617/102 "2000-10-03T12:05:34Z")

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It’s been on the news. I know who he is, but I bet most people are thinking “huh?” There has been decent coverage, though.

Jman

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