Mulroney Promises Alberta Tax Relief Amid GST Debate
Prime Minister Mulroney wooed Alberta Tories in Calgary pledging no GST for Albertans while Finance Minister Wilson moved to limit GST debate. MPs get two more days before Senate, as Tory backbench critics press for tax repeal and spending cuts. Nor does article include additional named entities beyond Mulroney Wilson Alberta.
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Brian Mulroney
Alberta
Gressive Conservative Association
Snedden
Wilson
Commons
Mesa Creek Ranch
Reform
Preston Manning
Mulroney
Stan Waters
Tories open door for exiled Alberta MPs Kilgour and Kindy
Alberta MPs Kilgour and Kindy may rejoin the Tory fold if they recant anti GST stance. Kilgour and Kindy insist they will not abandon their beliefs, despite suspension from the Alberta caucus. Prime Minister Mulroney notes disciplinary actions exist but will watch their votes on the confidence measure.
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Ottawa
Alberta
David Kilgour
Alex Kindy
Crowfoot
Arnold Malone
Kilgour
Edmonton
Kindy
Calgary
Nesday
Brian Mulroney
Mulroney
Montreal officer hints cover up in Davis death inquiry
Const. Alfred Andoney told the coroner he suspected a cover up in swimmer Victor Davis death after witnesses Glen Crossley and Frank Dres identified Crossley as driver and Dres as passenger. He admitted he did not question them further and noted Dres showed signs of intoxication while Crossley seemed sober. Coroner Trahan called his testimony confusing and self serving.
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Davis
Montreal
Victor Davis
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
Glen Crossley
Frank Dres
Andoney
Dres
Pierre Trahan
Watchdog threatens to quit over bilingual act delays
Terrance Wills reports from Ottawa that Official Languages Commissioner D'Tberville Fortier says he will resign if the federal government does not quickly publish regulations and directives required by the 1988 Official Languages Act. He notes the act has had no impact on about 80 percent of federal institutions without those rules.
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Terrance Wills
Montreal Gazette
Ottawa — A
D'Tberville Fortier
Fortier
Ontario MP denies RCMP allegations
Conservative MP Terry Clifford of London Middlesex rejects RCMP claims that he falsified contracts for personal gain. The affidavit alleges he and Bob Hicks hired daughters as students and used a fake contract to buy a $5000 printer, with both MPs under breach of trust and fraud inquiry.
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Ottawa
Ontario
RCMP
House of Commons
London-Middlesex
Terry Clifford
Clifford
Scarborough East
Bob Hicks
Brian Sargent
Sargent
King Baudouin Surrenders Throne For Abortion Law Debate
Belgium’s King Baudouin, unable to sign a controversial abortion law, abdicated temporarily as the government assumed royal powers. After two cabinet meetings, the law was enacted and a joint session was called to restore the king’s reign. The move sparks questions about monarchy’s role in a divided nation and prompts abolition calls.
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Brussels
Reuter
Baudouin
Belgium
Leopold II
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Crow hints at higher rates as BoC raises key rate
Bank of Canada Governor John Crow signals further rate hikes may come after lifting the policy rate from 13.51 to 13.57 percent. He cites external pressures and rising inflation with February at 5.4 percent and wages outpacing production, noting tighter policy was not enough.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
John Crow
Crow
Montreal
Canada
Crowe
MPs consider tax free housing allowance
A senior Commons committee recommends paying most Parliament members up to 7000 a year as a tax free housing allowance. The proposal adds to the 400 nonaccountable allowance and would be reviewed by the Commons internal economy board.
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Commons
Globe and Mail
All
Board of Internal Economy
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