Postal union leader challenges CLC policy at convention
CUPW president Jean-Claude Parrot urged the Canadian Labor Congress to adopt more leftward, tougher policies, criticizing the CLC for vague resolutions while demanding action against wage controls. Delegates debated strikes, pay increases, and job protections as the postal workers push for stronger labor standards amid Ottawa talks.
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Quebec
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Canadian Labor Congress
CLC
Jean-Claude Parrot
Parrot
Congress
Postal Workers
Canadian Union of Public Employees
Postal Union
Post Office
Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance to Expand Service in Medicine Hat
The Unemployment Insurance Commission plans to move Lethbridge operations to Medicine Hat by September to offer full services. Staff would grow from three to 12 as files shift to the city. The shift follows two years of policy changes limiting job search forms to occupations with identifiable demand. About 1,700 unemployed in the area.
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Unemployment Insurance Commission
Medicine Hat
Ernie Kowalek
Commission
Lethbridge
Kowalek
Canada Employment Centre
Manpower
Larry St. Laurent
Canada Employment and Immigration Commission
St. Laurent
Northern gas pipeline bill wins Commons approval in Ottawa
Ottawa MPs approved the 10 billion dollar project to build a 5000 mile Alaska to southern Canada gas pipeline with 90 percent Canadian content. The bill moves to the Senate for fast passage and royal assent. critics warn on native land rights and environmental risks while proponents cite 100000 man years of work and strong Canadian construction content.
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Ottawa
Senate
Progressive Conservative
Social Credit
New Democratic Party
Ray Perrault
Alaska
Yukon
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
MacKenzie
Allan MacEachen
United States
Foothills Pipe Line (Yukon) Ltd
T. C. Douglas
Nanaimo-Cowichan- the Islands
NDP Energy
U.S
Nielsen
Language rights trial bill proposed in Commons
Ottawa reports a bill to allow trials in either official language, English or French, to strengthen national unity. The measure targets French speakers outside Quebec and English-speaking minorities in Quebec, with judges deciding language and translators provided in bilingual trials.
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Ottawa
National Unity
Commons
Quebec
Trudeau
Tegral
Ron Basford
Native groups boycott tones down Northwest hearings
Yellowknife saw two days of public hearings on Canadian unity marred by boycotts from native organizations. Task force cochairman Jean-Luc Pepin lamented the absence, while noting the main themes centered on political evolution and Ottawa’s power transfer to the Northwest Territories. The territory’s assembly urged elected representation and full partnership in Confederation, and Commissioner Stuart Hodgson pushed for an elected governor and Senate reform via a House of Provinces.
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Yellowknife
N.W
Northwest Territories
Ottawa
N.W.T
Territories’ Legislative Assembly
Stuart Hodgson
Hodgson
Quebec
Canada
Medicine Hat forms French-Canadian club to preserve language
A 50-person meeting at the Fire Hall Theatre launched a committee to establish a local branch of the French-Canadian Association of Alberta in Medicine Hat. Organiser Roger Breault said the group aims to unite French descendants, discuss a local school system, and pursue grants up to 11 500 for a cultural centre and store.
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Medicine Hat
Fire Hall
Breault
Carter says no decision yet on neutron bomb
President Carter told Congress he has not decided whether to pursue production of the neutron bomb known as the equalizer. Military officials say it could halt a central European tank assault with limited civilian casualties, but White House and Pentagon spokesmen say no final decision has been made.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
U.S
Europe
Soviet Union
White House
State Department
Pentagon
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Dennis McDermott
United Auto Workers
Joe Morris
Clement Morel
UIC
Hat
Paul Bilodeau
Conservative Party
NDP
North
MacEachen
MacEachee
Erik Nielsen
Frank Webber
Basford
Task Force
Confederation
House of Provinces
Ken Clement
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