Jokes and notes from local columnists and readers
Current Comments presents jokes about Mennonites and tooth brushes on the dike, praise for Hamiota Lions Easter Seal drive raising 818.00, quips by Allan Cumming and George Crighton, plus reflections from Montreal and Windsor readers. Notes welcome Bill and Barb Cumming to the farm and send bon voyage to Lionel and Eileen Brown. Thought for the Week ends with a stats joke.
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E. M
Kenton
Hamiota Lions Club
Decker
Cardale
Oak River
Hamiota
Bill
Barb Cumming
Allan
Maxine Cumming
Barb
Winnipeg
Pope’ Corner
Lionel
Eileen Brown
British Isles
Canadian budget reform ideas spark political debate
The Lam bert Commission’s 165 recommendations call for five year plans annual updates zero based budgeting and sunset laws to curb federal spending. Prime Minister Trudeau counters with a bureaucratic task force while critics warn of conflicts of interest and greater accountability.
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Ottawa
Canada
J.J. Macdonell
Lambert Commission
Lambert
Buster
Trudeau
Reggie's Ramblings on unions and politics
A varied column cites a union leader condemning interference with unions and mocks a new British prime minister. A ballplayer downplays mental aspect of baseball. A Winnipeg postal workers protest references a jailed union boss. Weather notes mention floods and skeeters, with playful proverbs.
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Winnipeg
Man Parrot
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Jack Coombs
Neb Curll
Allan Cumming
Oarden
L. L. Brown
George Crighton
Mary Bull — Brandon
Bruce Lemon
Cocheneur Ontario
John Ridley
Mel Cochran
Montreal
Party
Wimp
Kae
Trailer Court
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Reggie
Confucius
Skeeters
Christ Jesus
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