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Fortunately, Devlin has a veteran defense in front of him featuring the likes of Vic Stanfield, and the help of a highpowered offense which bailed him out in the opening two wins over Providence and Clarkson...
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...
...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...
...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...