Corporate Executive: Mulroney Politics among the Public

During his years as a corporate executive, Mulroney remained active in politics, taking every occasion to increase his visibility among the public and
to gain support from within the party for his upcoming leadership bid. In 1982, because of an economic depression, the Iron Ore Company of Canada was forced to close one of its mining and milling towns in Quebec. At first this appeared to be a terrible political setback for Mulroney. …