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...seldom had occasion to look north to Canada for political excitement. Yet last week Americans could envy Canadians the exuberant dash of their new Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who, along with intellect and political skill, exhibits a swinger's panache, a lively style, an imaginative approach to his nation's problems. A great many U.S. voters yearn for a fresh political experience, but at midpoint in 1968, the U.S. presidential race has begun to seem grindingly familiar. Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon appear destined to seize their parties' nominations, then meet in an old-style confrontation...
...campaigning for the post of Canada's Prime Minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau urged Canadians: "Let's take a bit of a chance." He offered the voters "a great adventure of discovery" and insisted that "the important thing is that Canadians are beginning to realize for the first time that this country is a fabulous place." The ideas proved irresistible. Last week Canadians took a chance by overwhelmingly electing Trudeau, 48, their 15th Prime Minister...
Sweeping his Liberal Party behind him to a clear majority in Parliament, Trudeau thus launched upon the latest chapter in a highly unusual career that has propelled him in only a year from relative obscurity into his country's leadership. Whatever else he does, he is certain to give Canada four years of colorful and unpredictable government...
With only 129 seats in the 259-seat House of Commons, Trudeau's Liberals are two votes short of a majority and therefore - like Canada's two previous governments since 1962 - dependent upon minority party support to get legislation passed. But the latest Gallup poll gives the Liberals 42% of the vote, their highest rating in 27 months, compared with 34% for the opposition Tories. Besides, though he will be with out a Parliament, Trudeau will continue as a highly visible Prime Minister until the elections...
...lack of a record promises to be no hindrance, since Trudeau will be going up against another relatively un tested politician: Tory Leader Robert Stanfield, 54, the onetime Premier of Nova Scotia who succeeded former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker as party leader last September. Stanfield is cautious and reserved, but a proven vote getter and administrator who served an unprecedented four terms as Nova Scotia's Premier. In the few months since he assumed the Tory leadership, he has restructured and strengthened the party organization in Ottawa and the country's 264 election districts. Still, most Canadians feel...