He was quite socially conservative, and felt that attracting foreign investments by branch plant would be good economics. To be fair, the Liberals were unelectable because of the consensus around the status quo, and up till 1950 had the "Ottawa tag" and the "bleu à Québec, rouge à Ottawa" problem. In 1939, Mackenzie King gave Godbout help like Daley helped HHH in 1968. The 1958 Tory sweep in QC was managed, Daley style, in revenge for that 20 year old slight. He wasn't a fascist, but indulged in anti-Semitic populism and was a corporatist similar to Marcos (without the organized robbery). Manipulated folk memories to kindle nationalism, although he wasn't above using prejudice to strengthen his position. Sort of like Enoch Powell circa 68. Close ties with the Anglos, who bankrolled the party, which was distributed as charity to the poor at election time.