Ever since the November elections, when his Liberal Party again failed to win an absolute majority of the Canadian House of Commons, Prime Minister Lester Pearson has been acting like a man preparing his exit. Rather than try to undertake any new economic and social reform measures, Pearson has set up what amounts to a caretaker government to continue present policies.
He has also mysteriously appointed Tom Kent, chief of his personal staff and for 21 years his closest political adviser, to a top-level civil service job that will be safe from political upheavals. Last week came an even more telling...
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