Word: toronto
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During the campaign, Pearson promised to work toward a more balanced and stable government. By appointing ten French-Canadians to his Cabinet, Pearson hopes to ameliorate the nation's decisive biculture problems. The six ministers from Montreal, the three from Toronto, and the two from Vancouver show that Pearson has given adequate representation to the urban industrial areas. And each of the provinces, with the exception of all-Tory Saskatchewan, will have at least one voice in the Cabinet...
...newcomers he himself had recruited. The key job of Secretary of State for External Affairs goes to Paul Martin, 59, who lost the Liberal leadership to Pearson in 1958, but loyally stayed on as a foreign relations expert; Pearson's Finance Minister will be Walter Gordon, 57, a Toronto management consultant and close friend, who spent the week working on the budget Pearson has promised for June...
...Toronto's Maple Leafs: the Stanley Cup playoffs, for the second year in a row, beating the Detroit Red Wings four games to one to win pro ice hockey's biggest prize. A mixture of callow youths and creaking veterans, the Leafs confounded experts by finishing the regular season on top, brushing past the Montreal Canadiens in the play-off semifinals. Then, led by well-mannered (one penalty all season) Center Dave Keon, 23, who scored four goals and chipped in two assists, they skated rings around the Red Wings for the Stanley...
Walter Gordon, 57, the professorial Toronto management consultant who is virtually certain to become Pearson's Finance Minister, cites the $200 million in parts that the Canadian auto industry imported last year from the U.S. Through tax incentives, Gordon hopes to encourage the industry to make more parts in Canada and export more of them...