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...Trudeau picked up many of these themes during the campaign, but unlike his two major opponents-Conservative Robert Stanfield, 60, and the N.D.P.'s Lewis, 65, he talked about them in more optimistic terms. Lewis concentrated his attacks on multinational corporations, which he described as the root of all economic evil. Stanfield, who in two earlier elections was defeated by Trudeau, claimed that the country's economy was in such grave trouble that immediate wage and price freezes should be imposed. That hardly endeared him to his more conservative supporters, and since the poor showing of such controls...
...running at 15-16%. "Inflation is a problem, but let's not get obsessed by it," he told a rally at Edmonton. Arguing that a harsh control policy had already been discredited in Britain and the U.S. as a "proven disaster looking for a place to happen," Trudeau proposed instead tax benefits and consumer subsidies as protection against rising prices. Besides, he told audiences, the Canadian economy is still expected to advance by more than 5% this year, very close to its real growth potential...
Equally appealing to voters was Trudeau's ability to skillfully exploit a public mood ranging between apathy and antipathy, distrust of establishments, and politics in general, which has been plaguing Western governments all year. Though he has been the country's Prime Minister since 1968, Trudeau was convincingly able to appear as the candidate who hated holding a summer election as much as the voters did. Wherever he went, Trudeau's opening lines pointed out what a waste of everyone's time the campaign was. The message left the impression of a leader who wanted only...
Political Handouts. Trudeau campaigned harder than he ever had in his political life. Abruptly changing style from his leisurely, lofty (and losing) "Conversations with Canadians" of 1972, he toured with his wife Margaret, 25, in grueling 16-hour days, traveling by plane and even whistle-stopping aboard a private nine-car train. While Pierre orated, Margaret used her fresh good looks to help soften Trudeau's abrasive and sometimes arrogant image. "He's a beautiful guy, a very loving human being who has taught me a lot about loving," she told their audiences. "He's shy, modest...
Whether or not Trudeau lives up to his campaign promises, the interest of other Western leaders will be focused on his performance in handling the basic problems of the economy. Because Canada now has one of the few stable governments in the West with a dominant national leader, Canada's example in the coming months will not go unnoticed. But Trudeau seems, as usual, unshaken by the challenge. "We have the people, we have the resources, we have the vitality and the confidence to do a very great job," he said last week. "I am very anxious...