Trudeau 10th Year as PM Skirts Election Date Talk
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau refused to reveal election plans during his 10th anniversary as leader. He said Parliament has legislative work to finish and declined to set a date, while Liberal strategists and polls suggest hesitance about calling a June or July vote. He toured Toronto events and Mount Royal, urging readiness but offering no firm timetable.
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Dahlia Wood
Ottawa
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Soviet fighters force down jetliner over USSR
A South Korean Boeing 707 bound Paris to Seoul was intercepted over the Kola Peninsula and ordered to land on a frozen lake near Kem Karelia. Two passengers died and two injured. one presumed Japanese citizen Y Sugano, 45, among the dead. The plane landed after a violation of Soviet airspace, with nations naming the incident as Tass reported.
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Nothing can be done to lower school mill rate
City council finance chair Lucille Moyer says the public school board and her committee agree no cut in this year's school mill rate is possible. She notes the school board is autonomous and any saving would reduce education quality. borrowing options won’t affect this year’s budget. The 5.56 mill increase would lift the total rate by 14 percent.
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Tory MP resigns from Commons Wagner appointed to Senate
Claude Wagner Progressive Conservative MP for St. Hyacinthe resigns his Commons seat and moves to the Senate. The former rival to Joe Clark in 1976 party leadership, Wagner has long battled illness and now joins the Senate, boosting Quebec Conservatives to two seats. Clark lauds his public life and advice in the party.
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Joliette
Howard Grafftey
Brome Missisquoi
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Jean-Lesage
Lesage
Robert Bourassa
Conservative Party
Budget approved without vote in Ottawa Commons
Ottawa Finance Minister Jean Chrétien’s budget passed the Commons without a vote after six days of debate. The Liberal majority blocked two non confidence motions as Trudeau signaled no election date yet. The budget includes a two to three percent cut in the retail sales tax for six months and compensation for provinces.
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Diefenbaker seeks Amin ban from Edmonton Games
Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker urged Ottawa to bar Ugandan President Idi Amin from attending the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton as boxing coach. He told the Commons that Amin’s presence would bring murder and terrorism to Canada and asked Sport Minister Camilo for assurances that Amin would be denied entry like other criminals.
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Canada
Moro’s family urges government to negotiate with kidnappers
Aldo Moro’s wife Eleonora and children appeal to the government to hold talks with his Red Brigades captors for his release. Officials, including Premier Andreotti, refuse any exchange of jailed terrorists, while cabinet ministers weigh an ultimatum from the kidnappers.
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Chambers to replace Yurko as Alberta Housing Minister
Premier Peter Lougheed announces MLA Tom Chambers will fill the vacancy left by Bill Yurko in the housing and public works portfolio. Yurko resigns to pursue a federal Tory seat, Chambers brings engineering and business background, and will take office Monday. Opposition praises the pick.
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