章節 1295: Chapter 1295: Campaign Team
In the office of Pierre, the current Prime Minister of Canada.
Pierre stopped writing and asked his secretary Colin Robinson, 'Colin, what's the word in the party?'
Colin Robinson respectfully replied, 'Leader, after the news of your early resignation broke, many people in the party are now scheming. Quite a few are already campaigning to become party leader after your resignation.'
Pierre was not surprised. He knew this was only natural.
In fact, he encourages competition within the party to see if he can find a good candidate, so that he can decide who to support. After all, as leader of the Liberal Party, he must take responsibility for selecting a good successor.
However, due to his busy schedule in government affairs, he is unable to fully attend to party affairs, so he has asked Colin Robinson, his secretary who also comes from the Liberal Party, to keep an eye on the party for him.
'Which ones are currently standing out?'
Pierre asked with interest.
It had only been six days since his sudden announcement, which was extremely short, and anyone who could emerge in such a short period of time would not be lacking in ability or connections.
Colin Robinson thought for a moment and replied honestly: 'Leader, at present, there are two prominent senior figures, namely Vice-Chairmen John Pinell Turner and Iona Campanello.'
'Oh?'
'It's them.'
Pierre was a little surprised, and he was surprised by the appearance of the first person.
John Pinel Turner is a veteran and a senior politician. A lawyer by training, he served as Lester Pearson's Minister of Justice and his Minister of Finance.
However, in September 1975, he decided to implement wage and price controls. The two men had differences in political views, and John Pinel Turner felt that he could not succeed him as leader of the Liberal Party in a short period of time, so the latter resigned from the position of Minister of Finance.
And it seems that he was discouraged. After resigning as finance minister, John Pinnell Turner resigned as a Member of Parliament in February 1976 and publicly announced his withdrawal from politics. He joined a law firm as a corporate lawyer.
After the Liberal Party suffered a heavy defeat in the 1979 federal election, Pierre resigned as party leader, and John Pinnell Turner also publicly stated that he had no intention of running for the party leader position.
Fortunately, the minority Progressive Conservative government fell within a year, and Pierre again raised the banner and became leader of the Liberal Party, regaining power.
Pierre didn't expect that after an interval of eight years, when he was ignoring John Pinel Turner, the latter would suddenly reappear and react so quickly.
It seems that although John Pinell Turner has withdrawn from politics, he has never given up.
If it had been before, Pierre would have been wary of John Pinell Turner, but now that he knows that his road has come to an end this time and that he really wants to retire, the emergence of John Pinell Turner has made him look forward to it.
John Pinnell Turner is 55 years old, ten years younger than him, and still has plenty of energy.
The other one, Iona Campanello, is no slouch either. She is currently the deputy leader of the Liberal Party and the highest-ranking woman in the party.
In addition, Iona Campagnolo has partnered with him before and is his predecessor as Labour Minister.
'Both of them are focused, but don't ignore the others. If any of them stand out, let me know first. It's only been six days, and there are bound to be late bloomers as time goes on.'
Pierre smiled and instructed Colin Robinson:
'Yes!'
Colin Robinson replied respectfully.
...
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien was born into a family of paper-making technicians in Sherbrooke, Quebec. His parents had nineteen children in total, and he was the eighteenth child, but only nine of their nineteen siblings survived. When he was young, he contracted Bell's palsy, which left his left side permanently paralysed.
But he had an indomitable spirit and a fighting spirit, and was determined to become an outstanding politician.
In 1963, he won the federal parliamentary election as the only English-speaking Liberal candidate in Saint-Maurice, and was successfully elected to the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada. That year, he was only 29 years old.
Then in 1965, he was elected as the first secretary of Parliament, serving Prime Minister Lester Pearson and Minister of Finance Mitchell Sharp. After that, he gained the appreciation of Pearson and was soon nominated as Minister of Finance, replacing Mitchell Sharp and becoming the youngest Minister of Finance in Canadian history, and also the first French-speaking Minister of Finance from Quebec.
In 1968, he became Commissioner of National Revenue, and in June of that year he joined the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. In 1974, he became Minister of External Trade, and in 1976 he moved to Industry and Trade. In 1977, he once again became Minister of Finance.
In 1980, he became Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and also held the position of Minister of National Development.
In 1982, he became Minister of Energy.
After seventeen years of work, he had an almost perfect resume, having worked in almost all the important departments in different cabinets.
If there was only one regret, it was that he had not yet been Prime Minister of Canada.
But this time, he saw an opportunity!
It was just that Prime Minister Pierre had been so good at hiding it that he was unprepared, so after suddenly announcing his early resignation, he was caught off guard.
Seeing that two people had already emerged from the party, and that he had not even come up with a complete campaign plan, the gap was gradually widening, and he became increasingly anxious.
However, that night, contrary to his usual practice, he was not writing the plan. Instead, after the children had finished eating dinner, he told them to go upstairs first, and he waited for someone in the living room alone.
At around 8 o'clock in the evening, he heard the sound of car engines approaching from afar outside the house.
There were at least two cars.
He sprang up, straightened his clothes and strode to the door.
He opened it and saw five people getting out of the two cars not far away.
When the five people came up to him, the light shone on them and he could finally see their faces clearly. They were all middle-aged men, one of whom he knew well, while the other four looked familiar but he couldn't remember their exact names.
'Barlow, and gentlemen, welcome. Come on in,'
Joseph Clément shook hands with the men and invited them to come in, smiling.
After they had taken their seats, Joseph Clément introduced his wife to the group: 'I'd like to introduce you to my wife, Irene Chaney.'
'You can call me Irene. Welcome,'
said Irene Chaney warmly.
'Hello, Irene!'
'...'
'Joseph, we're old friends. Let me introduce you to my companions,'
said Barlow Pierce, introducing his companions in turn.
'This is Giles Victor, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Toronto in Canada.'
'It's a pleasure to meet you, Professor Victor.'
'Hello, Mr. Chrétien.'
After Giles Victor, the oldest of the five, had shaken Joseph Chrétien's hand again,
Barlow Pierce continued the introductions.
'This is Weber Barks, a brilliant financial elite who has worked in banks, securities, funds and insurance companies.'
...
'This is Ron Robert, former director of research at the Canadian Research Institute.'
...
'This is Marvin Zachary, former manager of the news department of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.'
...
After shaking hands with the four men, Joseph Chrétien's smile grew brighter, but he was very serious inside.
He had never imagined that the four people brought by Barlow Pierce would turn out to be such important figures.
Barlow Pierce was the senior vice president of the Canadian company Korn/Ferry International, with excellent interpersonal skills and a knack for handling complex matters.
Jiles Victor was a professor at the School of Media Studies.
Weber Barks was a financial elite.
Ron Robert specialised in statistics and research.
Marvin Zachary is in the news business.
My, my, these five people have different identities and roles, and an ordinary person can't tell much from them. But after listening to everyone's introduction, he instantly understood.
This is the backbone of a campaign team:
general manager, press spokesman, financial advisor, public opinion pollster, and media consultant.
This preparation is too thorough. It seems that tonight, he will have to make a choice.
He just doesn't know how big the stakes will be, and what kind of strength the forces behind the five people will have...
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