“He was raised in the old parliamentary school where people treated each other with respect and courtesy,” Mulroney wrote. His rising cabinet profile came as the Liberal party began the search for a new leader to replace Pearson, who announced his resignation in late 1967. Their first debate encounter came when Mulroney challenged Turner for making a raft of Liberal political appointees at the behest of Trudeau. “You had an option, sir, to say ‘no,’ and you chose to say ‘yes’ to the old attitudes and the old stories of the Liberal party,” Mulroney said. The Liberal campaign was in disarray and Litt says Turner’s election timing was off in several critical ways.

Source: thestar September 19, 2020 18:52 UTC