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...University in Montreal (like Ron Ziegler, Lewis supported himself by working as a tour guide), and then to England as a Rhodes scholar. When he came back to Canada, Lewis became active in the Canadian Commonwealth Federation, a moderately leftist political group to which Canadian Prime Minister Pierre-Elliot Trudeau also once belonged. Lewis became the group's national secretary. He was also the only one of its leaders, by his own account, who spoke French...
Canadians did not like Trudeau's professorial tone, much less the country's economic disarray. The election left his party with only 109 seats, down from 155, leaving Trudeau with a minority government dependent for survival upon the support of the mildly socialist New Democratic Party. Recalls an aide of the postelection weeks: "Pierre brooded, exploded, and shrugged...
...also began to change his image. He shed ascot and sandals for somber pinstripe suits. He has replaced some of his intellectual advisers by party functionaries who better understand grassroots politics. Trudeau became, in short, a pragmatic politician whose style changed to accommodation...
...sobered even more since then, due in part to a nearly calamitous summer. A crippling nationwide railway strike, coupled with a 1.3% jump in inflation, further damaged his party's image. Trudeau survived a Conservative motion of no-confidence only because of his coalition with the New Democrats, whose backing helped him to a 129-to-102 victory...
...Trudeau, 53, must now face a long Canadian winter. There is little likelihood that Conservative Opposition Leader Robert Stanfield, who lost so narrowly last time, will give him a breather. The trip to China will not solve Trudeau's troubles at home. Inflation (especially in food prices)-along with unemployment and fractious Quebec-provides Stanfield with missiles to try to pierce Trudeau's new image...