Canada Urban Growth and Financing Urged by Council
The Council of Canada warns cities will grow faster than recreation housing and road space can handle. By 1980 11 million automobiles, 20 percent of families with two cars, and a 60 percent truck rise strain tax bases and land. It calls for municipal financing reform and area wide administration to align public expenditure with rapid urban expansion.
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Onrlill Aslet
Moments Council of Canada
Canada
Provincial Parks Policy Expands Trailer Permit Renewal
Tourism and Recreation Minister Sterling Lyon announced a policy change allowing permit holders in trailer villages to renew for two more years and to leave trailers on sites during winter. Previously trailers had to be moved to winter storage, a burden campers in Riding Mountain National Park say risks damage. The federal government should follow the province's lead.
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Tourism and Recreation
Sterling Lyon
Riding Mountain National Park
Spare parts drought for gadgets sparks endless cycle
The piece argues manufacturers of electrical devices like vacuums avoid making spare parts, leaving consumers to face unobtainable components and the rapid obsolescence of newer models, which drives repair or replacement in a repeating, harsh cycle.
Stanfield Says Too Few Liberal Ministers Hinder Judgment
Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield told reporters at the National Press Club that too few Liberal cabinet ministers in the Commons prevent forming a firm judgment of the government. He praised Prime Minister Pears courage and criticized press gallery attendance.
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Robert Stanfield
Commons
National Press Club
Pearson
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan Voters Confront Wheat Price Gap and Housing Fears
NDP leader T C Douglas warns the federal price floor for wheat does not guarantee farmers can sell. He notes the guarantee protects the Canadian Wheat Board, not farmers, and questions international sales. Douglas argues housing plans exclude many Canadians and proposes direct government loans at five to six percent. Premier Thatcher vows plebiscites on any new social programs and condemns the CCF as promoting hate and envy.
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NDP
T. C. Douglas
Afr
Douglas
Canadian Wheat Board
Robert Winters
Ross
Thatcher
North Battleford
Saskatchewan
CCF
Commonwealth
50 Years of Income Tax Celebrated in Ottawa
The federal income tax marks its 50th anniversary with the Ottawa revenue data centre unveiling a high speed, large volume computer to double check tax evaders. The facility at Tunney's Pasture is described as Canada's largest tax data centre outside the United States, aiding rapid analysis of returns and accommodating potential tax reform.
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Revenue Department
Taxation Division
Canada
Tax Data
Westend Tunney
Thermal Revenue Service
Boeing Aircraft Corp
US Bell Telephone Co
Stanley Tench
Birth of Samuel Pritchard Matheson Echoed in History
A history note recalls Samuel Pritchard Matheson born on this date. He became a prominent Anglican priest, teacher, Archbishop of Rupert’s Land and Primate of the Canadian church. The piece traces his family line from Selkirk settlers and his ties to St. John’s Cathedral Winnipeg.
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Manitoba
Samuel Pritchard Matheson
Selkirk
S Land
Can
Canada
John Fiatheson
Catherine
John Pritch
Pritchard
Eliza Pritchard
Ugh Pritchard
St. Paul's Church
Middlechurch
Manitoba Historical Society
Matheson
John Pritchard
Battle of
Seven Oaks
Kildonan Park
Kildonan Church
the Elms
Shrewsbury
England
Samuel Pritchard
St. John’s
St. John's College
Stonewall
S Laid
Robert Mackray
Archbishop Machray
Rupert's Land
Annas
St. John's
Provinces Plan Conference on Canadian Rights Bill
Prime Minister Pearson announced that five provinces would meet next year to discuss adding a bill of rights to the Canadian constitution. A federal provincial conference would be held in January or February, with responses from Ontario Saskatchewan and New Brunswick not expected soon due to ongoing elections.
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Pearson
Ontario
Saskatchewan
New Brunswick
Fined $50 For Careless Hunting Near Arm strong
Harold Risky 51 of Dubuque Iowa pleaded guilty to careless hunting after his brother in law Eldon Nelson 50 of St Paul was killed by a shotgun blast while bear hunting near the Armstrong garbage dump about 150 miles north of the Lakehead. Risky was fined $50 and costs last week.
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Ontario
Harold Risky
Dubuque
Iown
Eldon Nelson
St. Paul
Risky
Armstrong
Lakehead
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Best Otten
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NHA
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Wir. Tench
Carter Royal Commission
Winnipeg
McLaren
Qupert
N.F
Denwal Pharmacy
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