Word: ralliement
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Canadians were disturbed enough when their traditional two parties fractured into four in 1962's general elections, and the two splinter parties gained enough strength to inaugurate a siege of minority government. Last week Ottawa got a fifth political party when one of the splinters splintered. Le Ralliement des Creditistes the new party was christened, and its founding father was Real Caouette, the firebrand Quebec Chrysler dealer who has been the leader of the French-Canadian branch of the prairie-based, funny-money Social Credit Party. In last April's national elections, Caouette and his fellow French-Canadians...
...Social Credit and the New Democratic Parties are certainly going to make obtaining a clear majority more difficult for the Liberals. Socred won 30 seats in the last election, 26 of these in the Province of Quebec. The French leader of the Ralliement des Creditistes is fiery Real Caouette, a car salesman from Rouyn-Noranda in northern Quebec. His cry to the French is, "You have nothing to lose. Try Social Credit." The appeal to French-Canadian nationalistic spirit, a Quebec-oriented anti-nuclear posture, and a "funny-money" policy will not be enough in the coming election...
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