The way we were:
Trudeau was a freshly elected prime minister in 1968 when he made his old university friend the first president of the newly created Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission.
Juneau mandated minimum standards for Canadian content on radio and television that won him few friends among broadcasters of that era but did win him the instant affection of a burgeoning Canadian scene that included The Guess Who, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and The Band.
The Canadian music industry showed their thanks by naming their national music awards after him in 1971 with a slightly different spelling. Their annual gala became known as the Juno Awards.
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