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...wife Margaret (who is 24), as well as two younger daughters. Stanfield's first wife was killed in an automobile crash in 1954; his second wife Mary is the daughter of a former justice of Nova Scotia. With the children scattered, the Stanfields have been living quietly in Ottawa at Stornoway, the official residence of Canada's Opposition Leader. His favorite pastime is gardening ("It's good for the soul"), but Stanfield also enjoys the theater. When he saw Hair in Toronto a couple of years ago, he jumped up on the stage...
Whether they were sufficiently entranced to re-elect him was in fact the major issue of the campaign, since he had acquired as many opponents as supporters during his four years in power. As TIME'S Ottawa Bureau Chief Lansing Lamont reported last week, Canadians "remember the sense of expectancy that Trudeau generated in 1968, but have come to realize that he has generally governed Canada with more cautious pragmatism than panache." The Prime Minister was also suffering from television overexposure and a perilously short temper. Once he had demanded of Western farmers: "Why should I sell your wheat...
Last week's Canadian airlift was a model of prudent planning. Ottawa flew in 25 immigration and medical officers to process immigration applicants, expected to number 5,000. When Ugandan Dictator Idi Amin Dada insisted that Canada pay East African Airways a kickback of 20% on every fare, the Canadians decided to make the airlift free. Explained one indignant diplomat: "We would rather pay for the whole thing ourselves than pay ransom to Amin...
Thus last week, the latest round of terror that began with the murder of eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich reached a new and deadly level. Before the week ended, 64 similar letter bombs flooded Israeli diplomatic offices in New York City, Ottawa, Montreal, Paris, Vienna, Geneva, Brussels, Buenos Aires and Kinshasa as well as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem; fortunately, all were discovered before they could do any damage. Security was strengthened around Israeli offices throughout the world; British police set up a special anti-kidnap patrol; in New York City, visitors to the Israeli U.N. mission...
...relaxed and affable atmosphere, China's leaders seldom give outsiders any real insight into how they look at their world and that of the West. Some unusual glimpses, however, were recently accorded TIME's Canadian National Correspondent James Wilde, who accompanied a trade and diplomatic delegation from Ottawa on a ten-day tour of China. During an evening of conversation at a restaurant overlooking Peking's Shi Cha Hai lake, a high-ranking official and party member who asked to remain anonymous talked at length and with uncommon frankness to Wilde. Excerpts...