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Originally Posted by hamiltonguy
(anyone remember PET giving the west the finger after not winning many seats out there?)
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For the record, PET did not finger 'the west' after not winning many seats out there. His famous salute was given during a train trip with his sons when, during a stop at Salmon Arm, a small group of protestors were shouting anti-French slurs at him and his family. Political opportunists manipulated this event to fuel anti-Liberal sentiment in the west during the runup to the 1984 general election.