Canada 1962/3: Pearson majority

[RogueBeaver]

IRL the Grits were in the mid/high 40s when those elections were called. After 6 weeks of Pearson campaigning, ended rather differently. So let's say Pearson runs better campaigns and wins about 150 seats. What would be different from his RL premiership? Things I can think of: not as much scandal focus since they won't be forced into parliamentary inquiries. Pearson fights a final election in '67. Dief could be forced out quicker, though still very difficult. Sharp or Hellyer would look better as leadership prospects.

[DC Al Fine]

Not really much to say about this except that it would butterfly away Trudeau . Where are your getting the polling data from RB?

[RogueBeaver]

Newman's Distemper of Our Times. Indeed, with a Pearson majority in '62 the Marchand/Pelletier/PET troika wouldn't be recruited. A policy consequence is that public employees will not be unionized, something Marchand pushed and Pearson did reluctantly.

[Citizen Hats]

Newman's Distemper of Our Times. Indeed, with a Pearson majority in '62 the Marchand/Pelletier/PET troika wouldn't be recruited. A policy consequence is that public employees will not be unionized, something Marchand pushed and Pearson did reluctantly.

I feel like that would have happened eventually as it's happened everywhere