Word: canadas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...karate, is reaching back for that little extra that has made him the West's longest-established leader. But he faces a public, disillusioned by high unemployment and spiralling inflation, which charges him with failing to deal with his avowed priority when he took office ten years ago: keeping Canada together, or more accurately, placating Quebec...
Nowhere in the Western world is the tension between decentralized economic pursuits and the advantages of a strong federal government as evident as in Canada. Oil-rich Alberta, led by Conservative premier Peter Lougheed, is in the midst of a boom. The other Western provinces feel alienated by the distant Ottawa government. The Maritime provinces are locked into a vicious economic cycle, with unemployment as high as 20 per cent in some areas, and despite federal investment incentives, practically separatist government clamors for "sovereignty association," a euphemism for secession. If Quebec were to secede, the Maritimes would...
...campaign where Canada's very future is at stake, Canadians don't even seem interested in the unity issue. The economy seems to be the overriding issue in the minds of most citizens. Trudeau has attempted to combine the unity issue with that of leadership, saying he is the only person capable of dealing with Levesque. Indeed, he is correct: negotiating with the separatists would lead to increased pressure from other quarters in Canada. Clark, who may not win any of the seventy-odd seats in Quebec (out of 264 total), would certainly not have a mandate from Quebec...
...inflation. He relies heavily on the economic theories of New York Republican congressman Jack Kemp's balanced budget, which Martin Feldstein, professor of Economics, has called something "politicians can digest in 30 seconds and talk about for months." Clark also said he would dissolve the nationally-owned corporation Petro-Canada, a concession to Lougheed, despite the fact that foreign multinationals control 95 per cent of petroleum sales. His promise ran into tough sledding, however, and he has weakly backed...
...telling an unemployed man in British Columbia to "get off your ass and look for work," while Clark continues to hedge on crucial issues, a foreshadowing of disaster with his low-key, wavering approach to leadership. The large Liberal bloc in Quebec balances the traditional Tory strongholds in Western Canada. The election's most important province is Ontario, with Toronto the focus of attention. Last time around, the Liberals won 18 of 20 Toronto seats, but the Conservatives held an 11-point lead in the polls three weeks ago. Recent surveys, however, show the Liberals have narrowed the margin...