Ontario deputy cites people oriented farming in Paris talk
Everett Biggs, Ontario deputy minister of agriculture, argued at an international symposium in Paris that concentrated wealth harming farmers must be avoided. He urged policies to keep the family farm, stressing a people oriented approach amid pressures toward larger operations and industrialization. He noted Ontario’s 25 economists study up to 1980 and called for practical reforms and retraining programs for farmers and displaced workers.
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Everett Biggs
Ontario
Paris
United States
Biggs
M. W. Macintire
California
U.S
Manitoba Centenary Spirit Needs Thoughtful Plans
Peter Graham from Transcona News urges Manitoba toward a centennial celebration in two years while avoiding debt. He stresses a shared spirit and provincial pride, noting Manitoba’s place as a leading province to join Canada outside the original confederation. He calls for individual and governmental budgeting to fund meaningful events.
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Canada
Drink Blamed for Indian Troubles in Manitoba
Indian Affairs official cites drink as driving Indigenous incarceration in Winnipeg and across Manitoba. Officials note high Indigenous shares in Headingley jail and Stony Mountain penitentiary while urging unified aftercare and parole services. Magistrate Isaac Rice backs the critique of social services and stresses work scarcity on reserves.
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Manitoba
Indian Affairs
Winnipeg
Isaac Rice
Headingley
Stanley Knapp
Development of
Mr. Knapp
Manitoba Legislature Sides With Mother Fish Debate
Larry Desjardin of L St. Boni used a Manitoba Legisla ture session to mock government moves. He cited a department of mines and natural resources newsletter as propaganda, while opposition members attacked the expansion of the information services branch as a generator of ridiculous information.
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Larry Desjardin
L St. Boniface
Manitoba
Speaker
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Weir Administration Survives Confidence Motion Vote
The Weir administration narrowly survived a Liberal non confidence motion 29 to 22 on Thursday night with Jake Froese abstaining. Opposition leader Gil Molgat backed the motion, calling for accountability on taxation health care and education while NDP leader Russ Paulley urged full disclosure of the motion's text. The vote, addressing farm marketing, municipal taxes, universal health insurance, public higher education, consumer protection, fair taxation, and the Manitoba development fund, is expected to continue Monday.
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Weir
New Democratic Party
Jake Froese
SC - Rhineland
Gil Molgat
NDP
Russ Paulley
Hall Royal Commission
Manitoba Development Fund
Government Tax Bill Passed 122 to 106
The Commons approved the government tax bill by 122 to 106 on the third reading after a lengthy passage and two prior defeats. The measure shifts to a three percent surtax on personal and corporate income, with eight Liberal ministers in attendance and key absences noted. Conservative leader Stanfield reiterated opposition to the tax hike.
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the Commons
Martin
Stanfield
Watchdog urges tighter overseas spending controls
Auditor-General Maxwell Henderson pressed for an internal auditor for foreign missions, citing four years of recommendations and a Belgrade embassy dispute involving 3,000. He warned of possible misappropriation and double billing, noting similar Canberra issues. Committee members urged better audits of external affairs offices abroad and consulates handling liquor tobacco and other supplies.
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Maxwell Henderson
External Affairs Department
Henderson
Commons Public Accounts Committee
Belgrade
Canberra
Australia
Alfred D. Hales
Welington South
Bookkeeping Criticized for Manitoba Development Fund
NDP member Sidney Green criticized the Manitoba development fund in the Legislature on Thursday. He alleged the Crown corporation, which loans to new and expanding businesses, lists all receivables at face value despite some accounts in arrears. Green said funds are outstanding and no payments are being made.
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Manitoba
Sidney Green
NDP
Inkster
Legislaure
Crown Corporation
Green
Indians Protest Cutbacks At The Pas Reserve March
About 100 treaty Indians from The Pas Reserve marched on the Indian Affairs Branch offices 314 miles northwest of Winnipeg led by Chief Gordon Latlin. They demanded restoration of medical costs for all treaty Indians and an increased budget for the medical services branch of National Health and Welfare. They also pressed for staff changes at The Pas Indian Affairs Branch and for reserve representatives to be consulted before policy changes. They warned they would not be pushed around.
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Ottawa
Pas
Gordon Latlin
Indian Affairs Branch
Winnipeg
Department of National Health and Welfare
Pas Indian Affairs
Not Attuned To City Needs NDPer Says
Saul Miller of Seven Oaks argued in Le Friday that the government is out of touch with urban needs and called for four urban affairs portfolios. He urged a full time minister of urban affairs to address growing city problems and condemned the government for opting out of the federal medical care insurance program as an arrogant dismissal of Manitoba residents' needs.
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Saul Miller
NDP
Seven Oaks
Miller
Manitoba
Deportation Appeal Dismissed For Yugoslav Immigrant
A Yugoslavian immigrant Antonio Carlie lost his Friday appeal against a deportation order. Justice Gordon Hall ruled domicile in Canada questionable after ten years with a clean record and noted legal counsel was refused. The inquiry found no political motive for deportation and timing of removal was not set.
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Gordon Hall
Court of Queen's Bench
Antonio Carlic
Canada
Justice Hall
Carlie
Marchand
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Transcona
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Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
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Mr. In
Barry Little- Wood
Headingley Jail
Stony Mountain Penitentiary
Portage la Prairie Women’s
Rice
Stony Mountain
Carter Royal Commission On Taxation
Watchdog
Harold Winch
Vancouver East
Federal Treasury
Trimble’s
Portage LA Prairie, Manitoba
McLaren
Rupert
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