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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...
...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...
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...
...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...