old colonel, Castro's human rights record is there for all the world to see, and Trudeau Senior brought it up officially with Castro and during many personal conversations. They were friends. Our former ambassador to Cuba Entwhistle said tonight he attended those official conversations "but Castro wasn't a good listener." Canada's liberal and conservative prime ministers pursued an independent foreign policy with Cuba, as it would with other countries.
The US did similarly with other dictators.
Castro's social improvement with health and education isn't specious. It's on the public record. Google it for yourself. Its superior performance to US and Canada in two sectors of healthcare particularly were broadcast in a television documentary on our national network tonight-- one was infant mortality, a good indicator of healthcare generally. Literacy improved from 60 to 99.8 per cent, according to the CBC, and I'd take its word over Moore any day.
