City urges school budget review amid mill rate dispute
The city asks the public school board to reconsider a 6.58 mill increase, citing a 14 percent rise in combined city and school taxes and a two week review window before the 1978 mill rate is set. City officials urge boards to reallocate funds and balance budgets without impacting services.
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Jim Anderson
Anderson
Milt Reinhardt
Finance Committee
Ald
Lucille Moyer
Reinhardt
Public Board
Ted Bulanda
Western premiers back semi annual first ministers meetings
Western leaders at Yorkton press conference endorsed making the annual first ministers meetings into semi annual conferences with a small provincial bureaucracy for follow up and economic planning. They seek a first ministers council with decision making to shape Canada's economy and more provincial input to curb federal dominance.
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Bill Sass
Yorkton
Sask
Canada
B.C
Bill Bennett
Bennett
First Ministers’ Conference
First Ministers’ Council
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Lougheed
Council of First Ministers
House of Commons
Quebec tax plan sparks clash with Ottawa over sales tax aid
Prime Minister Trudeau denounces Quebec for a selective sales tax cut as Ottawa withholds part of the federal subsidy. Finance Minister Chretien says Quebec could receive as little as 37 million of 226 million offered, depending on item scope, while premiers in Yorkton condemn the unilateral approach.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Trudeau
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Parizeau
Jacques Parizeau
Yorkton
Sask
Prospects for June 12 vote fade amid budget debate
Ottawa reports the June 12 federal election date drifted as debate on the budget extended. Diefenbaker blocked a speeding vote on an anti postal strike bill, dashing the June 12 option and pushing talk of June 19. Trudeau signaled tolerance for a few more days of debate while constitutional reforms were floated.
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Ottawa
Commons
Parliament Hill
John Diefenbaker
Trudeau
Diefenbaker
House
Senate
Ottawa critics of sales tax cut from Western premiers
Western premiers issued a communique accusing Ottawa of impoliteness in unilaterally extending a general sales tax relief. The leaders criticized budget secrecy and called for provincial input while noting Alberta supports only a short term extension.
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Yorkton
Sask
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Ottawa
B.C
Bill Bennett
Social Credit
Bennett
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Manitoba
Sterling Lyon
Lougheed
Quebec Liberals choose leader in Quebec City convention
More than 2,600 delegates and 550 journalists gather in Quebec City to select Liberal party leader Claude Ryan or Raymond Garneau. Ryan leads in delegates though Garneau pursues undecideds.
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Quebec
Quebec City
Claude Ryan
Raymond Garneau
Liberal Party
Liberals
Robert Bourassa
Parti Quebecois
Gerard D. Levesque
Bourassa
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City Parks Department
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Montreal
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Garneau
Toronto
Cfto Television
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Ont
Liberal
Ontario
British Columbia
The
Prairies
Atlantic
Cam
Jean Lesage
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