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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1966
Page
2
The national Progressive Conservative party shows strain after a convention, as MPs push to reexamine leadership. Diefenbaker may resist change and fight on, amid calls for leadership reassessment and internal rotation.
The government pushes a $105 monthly old age pension starting Jan 1, aiming to improve on $75. The plan may require a means test and personal interviews, stirring worries about dignity and intrusive checks, while acknowledging the need to aid needy seniors.
The piece blends fashion satire and political analysis. It argues diminishing returns in skirt styles mirrored by real politics. It warns Liberal vitality stems from urban central provinces and warns against pandering to prairie voters at the expense of big city core support.
Ottawa CP reports a large group of anti Diefenbaker Conservative MPs swept from the party national executive on Wednesday. The shakeup included MPs such as Macquarrie Queens PEL Bell Saint John Albert Grafftey Brome-Missisquoi Aiken Parry Sound-Muskoka and Mrs Wadds Grenville-Dundas plus S J Enns Portage-Neepawa. The caucus rejected David MacDonald for the executive and 71 of 96 MPs signed a statement urging Diefenbaker to stay on as leader. The move preserves provincial loyalties while asserting caucus override of provincial selections for the 140-member body. Enns was replaced by Gordon Chur chilly and George Muir. Jorgenson Provencher fills Enns’s seat. The leadership vote at the annual meeting set a leadership convention next year.
Sig Enns, Portage la Prairie MP, says there is nothing sinister in the Conservative caucus move to remove him from the national executive. He notes routine rotation but warns the change could misrepresent viewpoints of the national convention. Enns backs leader John Diefenbaker until a party convention decides otherwise.
A union official in Winnipeg proposes students pursuing higher education should receive a salary to support families during study. Gower Markie of United Steel argues pay would foster financial independence and facilitate marriage and home formation as life grows more complex. He cites youth maturation and calls for actions to prevent delays in education and development. Dr. Alva Dittrick of Cleveland notes education cannot solve all issues.
A Manitoba MP reflects on a decade of Conservative rule from 1958 to 1968, noting the shift from a large majority to minority governments under Pearson. He discusses leadership doubts, calls for a leadership convention, and stresses party unity over individual leaders while urging reforms to reunite Canada and strengthen Confederation.
Dominion Bureau report shows births down 7.6 percent in Quebec and 7.4 percent Canada wide through October 1966. Marriages rise 6.7 percent nationally, deaths up 28 percent. Ontario and Alberta show notable declines while Quebec leads in reduced births.
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