Word: favreau
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...since last year's general elections. The effect was to bring into the foreground bright new men whose influence will be to pull French-speaking Quebec more closely into the English-dominated confederation. To make room, out went Minister of Justice Lucien Cardin, 48, and Privy Councilor Guy Favreau, 49, who are both ailing and wanted to quit. Into the largely ceremonial privy-council post, where he can continue his study of the Canadian economy, moved former Finance Minister Walter L. Gor don, 61, who is noted for his protectionist economic philosophy...
...face of racking scandal, few heads of government could have shown more outward aplomb than Prime Minister Lester Pearson. His Justice Minister Guy Favreau got a severe dressing down from Chief Justice Frédéric Dorion for having fumbled a notorious-bribery case involving four highly placed Liberals and a Montreal racketeer. For that, Favreau resigned (TIME, July 9), but Pearson loyally pronounced his continuing faith in his talented protégé. Last week Pearson named Favreau president of the Privy Council. The job might have been a sinecure, but Pearson tacked on a key role...
...Favreau's new appointment brought a storm of criticism against Mike Pearson's Liberal government, which has been tarnished in a series of other scandals. Opposition Leader John Diefenbaker cried angrily that "no other country in the world would have given Favreau another Cabinet appointment...
...these moves will strike Parliament when it reconvenes next September remains in doubt. Members of Pearson's Liberal minority government applauded his loyalty to Favreau. But Pearson failed to strengthen the leadership of a government in which the bribery scandal was only one of many difficulties needing attention-most importantly the conflict between the provinces and federal government, and the dangerous split between French-and English-speaking Canadians...
...this is priceless ammunition for the opposition Conservatives-and obscures the fact that Pearson's government is doing a good job of managing Canada's thriving economy, has improved federal-provincial relations, and tried to ease the dangerous split between English-and French-speaking Canadians. Favreau's resignation could well impair these relations by creating doubt about Quebec's Liberal leadership among provincial voters. The Conservatives would love to topple Pearson's government and force new elections. But the party is in the midst of an intramural fight over the leadership of former Prime Minister...