By Christopher Guly ( March 18, 2024, 12:54 PM EDT) -- At home, he is broadly remembered for introducing the goods and services tax and free trade with the United States and attempting constitutional reconciliation with Quebec through the Meech Lake and Charlottetown accords – and abroad, for leading the global charge against apartheid in South Africa and persuading the United Nations in 1984 to mobilize a massive relief effort for millions facing starvation during the Ethiopian famine....