Inflation jumps to 8.8 percent in March Ottawa
Statistics Canada reports consumer prices up 1.1 percent in March lifting the annual inflation rate to 8.8 percent. Food gasoline and fuel oil led gains while wage and price controls near phasing out. Critics urge relief for low income and pensioners as costs climb across goods and services.
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Vic Parsons
Ottawa
Statistics Canada
James McGrath
Ed Broadbent
New Democratic Party
Broadbent
Jean Chretien
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Levesque denounces Ottawa tax plan as shameless right raid
Premier Rene Levesque condemned the federal plan to cut provincial sales taxes as a shameless appropriation of Quebec rights. He warned the government would decide by week’s end whether to participate, and criticized the move as an election finance tactic. He argued the scheme would hurt Quebec’s budget and provoke commercial uncertainty.
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Peter Cowan
Southam
Quebec City
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
Quebec
Jean Chretien
Levesque
Jacques Parizeau
National Assembly
Union Nationale
Rodrigue Biron
Fabien Roy
Parti National Populaire
Parizeau
Begin cites partial success in Lebanon operation
Prime Minister Menachem Begin told Israel's parliament that the southern Lebanon occupation was a qualified military and political success. He credited the UN peacekeeping force on the northern border as a political achievement, though its long term effectiveness remains in doubt. The force followed Israel's March 15 invasion to oust Palestinian guerrilla bases used for raids into Israel.
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Jerusalem
Menachem Begin
Lebanon
Begin
Foreign Affairs and Security Committee
Israel
The
Security Council
Litani
Canada may add troops to UN force in southern Lebanon
Defence Minister Barney Danson said Canada could supply up to 80 troops to UNIFIL until October 1 if conditions are met. External Affairs Minister Don Jamieson discusses the plan with UN officials as Ottawa weighs extending peacekeeping beyond the current two to four week mandate.
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Ottawa
Barney Danson
Canada
United Nations
Lebanon
Danson
Don Jamieson
New York
Unifil
Israel
Dawson
Jamieson
Cyprus
Middle East
Bill to Ban Postal Strike Clears In Principle
Ottawa report says a government bill to ban a postal strike during a federal election campaign won approval in principle in the Commons. The NDP opposition refused fast-track passage, predicting no final vote until Friday, while CUPW warned of possible reactions to the move.
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Ottawa
Commons
New Democratic Party
Stanley Knowles
NDP House
Winnipeg North Centre
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
CUPW
Social Credit
Leonel Beaudoin
Richmond
NDP
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
Independent
Commons Labor Committee
Knowles
Senate
Jean-Claude Parrot
RCMP officer admits policy breach on wiretaps during probe
Assistant Commissioner Venner testified he violated policy by authorizing wiretaps and hid the facts from superiors, saying he would repeat the action in the public interest. Other officials questioned why they did not correct minister Francis Fox on an RCMP break-in tied to a Montreal news agency. The commission notes the 1974 Privacy Act allowed wiretaps with a judge's authorization, but legal questions remain about entering dwellings for surveillance.
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Ottawa
RCMP
Venner
Murray Sexsmith
Francis Fox
Montreal
Sexsmith
Cobb
Toronto
Commission
J. F. Howard
Alberta lawmakers push tweaks to home care plan
Calgary Tory Ron Ghitter led a motion urging improvements to Alberta’s new home care program aimed at helping seniors stay at home. He called for an independent board with senior citizens and local aid reps, voluntary input, a central coordinating body, and lower priority for institutions, while noting some healthy but frail seniors still need help with daily tasks.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Calgary
Buffalo
Ron Ghitter
Helen Hunley
Ghitter
Socred
Ray Speaker
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
Jim Horsman
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Parti Quebecois
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Haifa- Tel Aviv
Fox
Supt
Donald Cobb
Citizens Advisory Committee
Horsman
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