Canada’s Election

Toronto. In spite of what some Liberal writers have said about the election in Canada last week, which gave no party a clear majority, conservatives have reason for mild revelry. An offbeat right-wing party emerged with the balance of power, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s muddling middle-of-the-road Tories (atavistically named “the Conservative Party”) failed to obtain a working majority, and Medicare proved pure poison for the socialist New Democrats.

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Canada’s Election

Toronto. In spite of what some Liberal writers have said about the election in Canada last week, which gave no party a clear majority, conservatives have reason for mild revelry. An offbeat right-wing party emerged with the balance of power, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s muddling middle-of-the-road Tories (atavistically named “the Conservative Party”) failed to obtain a working majority, and Medicare proved pure poison for the socialist New Democrats.