Word: stanfields
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Good Friends." That prompted Tory supporters in Guelph, Ont., to break out a banner proclaiming STANFIELD is A LOVER TOO. Even New Democrat Leader David Lewis, 65, was forced to admit to a persistent questioner at a campaign rally that he and Sophie, his wife of 39 years, were "very good friends, let me tell you." The latest Gallup poll gives Trudeau the edge in the election. But the figures-Liberals 42%, Tories 34%, N.D.P. 18%-so closely approximate those of the 1972 election that another minority-government era for Canada seems likely...
Plodding, persistent Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield, 60, who is no match for Trudeau in charisma, has crisscrossed the country, building up support for his party. Stanfield has forcefully exploited Canadians' mounting impatience over the government's lackluster handling of inflation, which is currently running at about 10%. While Trudeau sought to blame external factors for Canada's mushrooming cost of living, Stanfield called for firm and prompt wage-price controls. The government's stand on inflation, he argued, was "cynical and incredible . . . a message of despair." A government report last month disclosed that prices in Canada...
...Stanfield also sarcastically notes that the Trudeau government could hardly be expected to be on its toes when it "is literally living on its knees" at the mercy of the N.D.P...
...Tory strategists thus believe that Trudeau is still as vulnerable as ever. A no-confidence vote on any of the key issues could force Trudeau to call a national election, something he would very much like to avoid. The results might go against him, toppling him from power. Says Stanfield: "I want an election soon. I think we will...
Fighting Words. Trudeau's dependence upon the N.D.P. has become an object of Conservative derision. Conservative Leader Stanfield taunts him about running the country through a "coat-room coalition" that has resulted in "almost two years of negotiated inertia...