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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 24, 1965 | 12/24/1965 | See Source »

While that makes Sharp one of Pearson's most powerful lieutenants, most of the interest in Ottawa last week was concentrated on the new men Pearson has brought into his Cabinet-among whom the Liberals may one day find their next leader. In answer to a news man's question, Pearson declared: "I'm carrying on." But he is 68 now, and some observers think he may step down after another year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: Changing the Line-Up | 12/24/1965 | See Source »

...long election night in Ottawa, a member of Liberal Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson's entourage glanced disgustedly at a TV screen flashing the results. "It just seems incredible," he sighed. "All this effort, and nothing has changed." After 29 months of minority government, Mike Pearson had called the election-Canada's fifth in eight years-determined to win at least enough additional seats for no less than a 134-seat working majority. The voters gave him 131-only two seats more than he won in the last election. "The results," muttered Pearson, "are quite disappointing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: The Non-Victory | 11/19/1965 | See Source »

Praqmatic Swiss. There are indications that the U.S. TV exports are in for increasing challenge. The Portuguese network, which imports more than 75% of its fare from the U.S., is currently under fire from the semiofficial, daily Diario da Manha for "de-Portugalizing" the nation's youth. Ottawa requires a minimum 55% "Canadian content." Britain restricts the imports to a mere 14% of viewing time, and just this season blew the whistle on the commercial channels for bunching that percentage into the prime viewing hours-even so, five of London's top ten are still U.S. imports including...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Spreading Wasteland | 10/22/1965 | See Source »

...question is how Canada's voters feel about being dragged into their fifth election in eight years. Indications are that they are not at all enthusiastic. There are no real issues; the country is calm, prosperous and intent on getting more so. The normally pro-Pearson Ottawa Citizen was sharply critical of "the specious grounds" for an election; the Ottawa Journal called it "a spectacle of bad judgment"; the Toronto Globe and Mail rapped Pearson for ignoring "every conviction relative to the national good." Summed up the Montreal Star: "The feeling across the country is that no election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canada: To the Polls, Glumly | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

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