Customs inspectors guard against plant entry at Toronto airport
A five member team from Agriculture Canada screens travellers for plants and animals at Toronto International Airport. They intercept smuggled roses cuttings and even sausage while noting the risk of pests like the golden nematode in potatoes. The agency operates five task forces amid past disease outbreaks and a tobacco seed lawsuit.
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Inflation climbs to 9.8 percent in 1979 Ottawa report
Statistics Canada reports 1979 inflation at 9.8 percent up from 9.0 the prior year. Critics blame high interest rates and energy costs while Finance Minister Crosbie calls inflation a major foe. Food, housing, transport, and clothing drive the rise with food prices up 13.1 percent since 1971.
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Gallup poll shows Quebecers less aware of sovereignty plan
A Gallup poll finds 67 percent in Quebec and 31 percent outside Quebec heard of Parti Quebecois sovereignty with economic association proposals. Fifteen percent in Quebec favored the plan, two percent elsewhere. 27 percent in Quebec unfamiliar or neutral, seven percent elsewhere. Poll of 1,012 adults conducted last December, accuracy plus minus four points. Prices rose in all cities surveyed, Montreal up 10.5 percent, Toronto 10.3 percent.
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