Commons in uproar over secret police charges
In Ottawa the Commons erupted as Conservatives pressed for details on a secret police style unit within the Solicitor-General's department. Prime Minister Trudeau denied delaying House business as questions and assertions about the security and planning agency intensified, with Diefenbaker and others calling for clarity and accountability.
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Commons
Stephen Scott Ottawa
Solicitor-General’s Department
Trudeau
Luciene Lamoureux
Police and Security Planning
Department of Solicitor-General
Warren Allmand
the Security and Planning Agency
Jean- Pierre Goyer
Allan Lawrence
Northumberland-Durham
NDP
Erik Nielsen
Yukon
ICCS Copter Downed Near Lao Bao During Recon Flight
A truce observer helicopter carrying Canadian and other officers was forced down near Lao Bao by ground fire from Viet Cong forces. The crash occurred during a recon mission from Hue to the Lao Bao team site, with about 12 aboard. Canadian military leaders rushed to Hue to investigate as details and casualties remained unconfirmed. In Redcliff, Alberta, Henry Olsen died in a two vehicle crash on Highway 1, while Quintin Elmgren escaped injury. coroner to review.
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Harold Morrison
Saigon
Lao Bao
South Vietnam
Hue
Duncan McAlpine
Montreal
Poland
Indonesia
Hungary
International Commission of Control and Supervision
ICCS
U.S
Khe Sanh
Vauxhall
Redcliff
Henry C. Olsen
Quintin Elmgren
Calgary
E. G. F. Skinner
Olsen
Elmgren
Tougher credit expected as Bank of Canada raises rate to five percent
The Bank of Canada boosts its rate loans to commercial banks from 4 to 5 percent effective Monday. Officials warn of tighter credit conditions to curb rapid lending while aiming to sustain business activity and employment growth. The move follows March CPI rise to 145.7 and comments by Governor Gerald Bouey on monetary expansion.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Statistics Canada
Gerald K. Bouey
Central Bank
Boney
Federal Bank
Acreage forecasts fall short of government goal
Ottawa reports show farmers plan to plant about 24.3 million acres of wheat this year, above 1972 but below the 28 million acres Lang says are needed. Barley, rapeseed and flax also fall short as 25.7 million acres sit in summer fallow, down from 29 million last year.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Otto Lang
Canadian Wheat Board
Lang
Durham
Little delay seen for tax refunds in Canada
Revenue Minister Robert Stanbury said there will be little delay in mailing income tax refunds once legislation raising exemptions for students elderly disabled and blind is approved. The bill received second reading and faces clause by clause review with an expected Commons passage midweek.
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Ottawa
Robert Stanbury
The
Commons
Income Tax Department
Stanbury
Bell Canada
Caouette Returns House Humming After Jamaica Trip
Social Credit leader Real Caouette returns to the Commons after a two month absence and defends Bell Canada against government action. He mocks NDP leader David Lewis over Moscow to Ottawa calls, praises private enterprise, criticizes rate increases as political. He cites Jamaica three minute call vs Moscow 29 hours.
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James Ferrabee Southam
Ottawa
Social Credit
Real Caouette
Commons
Caouette
Bell Canada
New Democratic Party
David Lewis
Moscow
Jamaica
West Indies
Gerard Pelletier
Bell
Conservatives
New Democrats
Canada
NDP
York South
Lewis
Hydro- Quebec
Ontario Hydro
Manitoba Hydro
Speaker
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Allmand
Goyer
Tom Cossitt
Leeds
John Diefenbaker
RCMP
Tom Bell
Saint John Lancaster
Washington
Frank Howard
Skeena
Diefenbaker
Robert Coates
Cumberland-Colchester North
Mr. Trudeau
Mr. Allmand
Cuba
Mionala Ferrer
Miami
Joint Military Commission
JMC
PRG
Russia
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