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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1972
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Well, it's all over.. , or is it?
The election I mean. Wasn't
that a kick in the head for
everybody? The Liberals lost
precious ground; the Progressive
Conservatives made gains --
but only enough to make losing
all the more painful; the NDP
is in the uneviable position of
holding the balance of power --
and if things go badly it could
hurt; and the Social Credit are
---well, the Social Credit
are still with us.
As most of my steady readers
know, I'm PET fan. It wasn't
always thus. When Pierre Elliott
Trudeau was first made party
leader, I was the most skeptical
Canadian alive. I would have
preferred John Turner, the hand-
some young lawyer with the
smooth approach, to lead this
country's Grits.
But PET wasn't in power long
before I realized he was a man
after my own heart. He was a
bit of a rebel, a kind of a guy
who would wear a leather coat
to Buckingham Palace and tell
a PC backbencher to "fuddle-
duddle. " He was no namby-
pamby Prime Minister who did
what was required of hon be-
cause it was required of him.
No, PET was different. He is
different.
PET has done for Canada
what no other Prime Minister
could have done in four years.
While the members of the Opp-
osition jeered and jibed, PET
made Canada a nation of respect
throughout the entire world. He
Zurich W.&.
Zurich Women's Institute met
on Monday, November 6, for
their regular meeting, with
Mrs. Nancy Koehler and Mrs.
Len Erb in charge. Donations
were made to the CNIB and
the children's Aid Society.
As it was a family night
program, members and guests
enjoyed games of euchre and
crokinole, followed by lunch.
NO
S -P -E -C
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
opened doors for this country
which had previously been
closed tightly. He tried to take
our eyes beyond our own back-
yards and into the wide, wide
universe. He was not successful
because too many Canadians
prefer to dwell on their own
sordid little problems which
really aren't problems at all in
the broad sense of living.
If Trudeau made one promise
to this nation (and I doubt that
he did) he wanted a "Just Soc-
iety." Obviously, Trudeau's
concept of a Just Society is a
long way from what the people
of Canada considers " just."
Strangely enough, it was Trud-
eau's Just Society theme which
swept him to power in 1968
and it was his Just Society pol-
icies which killed him in 1972.
Everybody claims to want just
and fair treatment, but everybod
has a different opinion about
how it is best achieved.
I'm not bitter although 1 be-
lieved --and still believe -.'-in
Trudeau. Why should I be?
Stanfield promises he can do
better. The NDP say their way
is the best way toward lasting
progress and peace. The Social
Credit promise great things,
too. So what's to be bitter
about? No matter to whom this
country falls in the next few
months, we'll be in good hands.
I'm surprised at a couple of
things, however. I'm surprised
by the numbers of people to
whom I have spoken who were
actually concerned to learn
that the Trudeau government
might not be in charge from noe
on. I was amazed at the feeling
in some quarters that because
Quebec voted almost solidly
for Trudeau, the Prime Minist-
er didn't have the good will of
the Canadian People. I was
waiting for a counter -charge
that because the PC strength
was gained for the most part
right here in Ontario, that Stan -
field's success in this election
was to be questioned also. Is
Quebec less a part of Canada
i
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than Ontario? Than Nova
Scotia which Robert Stanfield
swept. Have we already separ-
ated Quebec from the Dominion
of Canada in our petty little
minds?
And so, on Thursday evening
last week we saw Pierre Elliott
Trudeau go to the television
cameras and the radio micro-
phones to tell the nation that he
was not going to quit because
he had to share his football with
the other kids. We heard him
admit that his policies were
apparently unpopular with the
Canadian people. We heard
him promise to enact legislation
which would please the popul-
ace and get Canada rolling
again. We heard him say he
would endeavour to work and
co-operate with all parties, so
that the best ideas of each
could be pooled into sound dec-
ision-making for the better-
ment of Canada.
And we heard him answer a
reporter who asked the PM if
he was "humbled." We heard
him confess to the nation that
he's a God-fearing man who
humbled himself regularly be-
fore his own parish priest and
his God.
Once more Trudeau has
shown he's got class. He's got
guts. He's got something many
politicians don't have.
You think the PC's will be
swept to power in the next elec-
tion, when it comes perhaps in
a year. Don't be too sure. Don't
count Trudeau down and out
just yet. Confession is good for
the soul, me thinks. Look what
it did for Darcy McKeough in
Ontario
Auxiliary plan
for bazaar and
bake sale
At the regular monthly meet-
ing of the Bluewater Rest Home
Ladies Auxiliary, Miss Meda
Surerus showed slides and told
about her recent trip out West.
Miss Surerus and her commit-
tee served a delicious lunch
to the residents and members.
The business meeting opened
with the Lord's Prayer. Final
arrangements were made for
the annual bazaar, tea and bake
sale on Saturday, November 18,
from 2 to 4 p.m. Anyone inter-
ested in joining the auxiliary
please plan to attend the next
meeting.
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