Question

This political party’s staffer Keith Davey was nicknamed the “Rainmaker” for his efforts in rebuilding its electoral power. This party’s corrupt management of a program that ran advertisements about federal policy led to the Sponsorship scandal. (10[1]-5[1])A protester was put in a chokehold by a politician from this party in the so-called “Shawinigan Handshake.” A prime minister from this party established the National Energy Program to lower oil prices, leading to a sense of “western alienation.” (10[1])A politician from this party passed the 1969 Official Languages Act, officially implementing bilingualism. That prime minister stated “Just (-5[1])watch me” before invoking the War Measures Act (-5[1])against the separatist FLQ. For 10 points, name this Canadian political party led by Jean Chrétien (“crate-YEN”) and Pierre Trudeau. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Liberal Party of Canada [or Liberals or Parti libéral du Canada; prompt on LPC or PLC or Grits]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper RohColumbia APenn A3510
Teigue KellyPenn State AJohns Hopkins A35-5
Will HollisterLehigh ARutgers A7510
Arjun BothraHaverford AJohns Hopkins B94-5
Rahul Rao-PothurajuRowan AColumbia B102-5
Elijah ScheinsonColumbia BRowan A12110
Vedh RameshPenn BBard A12210
Elizabeth JewlalJohns Hopkins BHaverford A12210
David BassJohns Hopkins APenn State A1220
Austin GuoPrinceton APenn State B12210

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y786%0%43%99.50
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%88.00
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y1100%0%0%86.00