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Like father, like son? Campaign stops to differ
IF Justin Trudeau is an apple from his father’s tree, he will arrive at the Punjab Banquet Hall on Saturday in a three-piece black suit, blue shirt and brown and black striped tie. He could have a red carnation, provided by the Liberals in Manitoba in his lapel.
He will be 20 minutes behind schedule because of a plane delay, talk about language rights and meet with local delegates and the provincial Liberal leader, and then slip off to Brandon for another news conference.
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But it’s unlikely the visit will mimic his father’s first stop in Manitoba during the 1968 Liberal leadership race.
Trudeau Jr. will more than likely appear in an open-collared shirt, with no tie. He is also likely to deliver a similar speechtotheoneshehasbeengivingelsewhere since his Oct. 2 campaign launch. That includes an approach to win back support among Canada’s middle class.
Pierre Elliott Trudeau brought his campaign to Winnipeg for the first time on March 10, 1968. He had a news conference in which he pledged to include language guarantees to ensure Canadians could communicate with governments in either English or French and be educated in either English or French, whichever was their preference.
He also spoke about the need for the federal government to better communicate with western voters, proposing the establishment of western, eastern and Atlantic desks in the Prime Minister’s Office to deliver concerns from the regions directly to the prime minister.
"We need to have a greater feel for their demands, for the solutions they see themselves. It’s not enough to rely on a general election every four years to see if the government is doing the right thing."
Like his son now, Pierre Trudeau spent several months denying and refusing to answer questions about his potential candidacy for the Liberal leadership in 1967.
After Lester Pearson resigned on Dec. 14, 1967 it took nearly two months for Trudeau the elder to announce he would run. Those months were filled with a lot of people pressuring him to join the race.
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