Trudeau warns wage rise risk to Canadian economy
Prime Minister Trudeau criticizes inflationary wage and price spirals as Canada faces high wage settlements and potential economic damage. He cites Ottawa talks with Soviet leaders, NATO considerations, and regional responses while warning against unilateral actions and noting June 1974 to June 1975 wage hikes.
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Higher Food Prices and Gas Tax Push Canadian Living Costs Up
Statistics Canada reports July consumer prices rose 1.4 percent, near June, driven by a 2.3 percent rise in food costs and a new 10 cent per gallon gasoline excise tax. Gasoline tax accounts for about one third of July's cost of living increase, with meat and pork prices and seasonal produce factors also lifting the index.
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Western MP questions bilingualism push in federal plan
Marcel Lambert PC Edmonton West criticizes Treasury Board plans to more than double French language only units in Ottawa public service aiming for 8 000 by 1978. He warns merit principle may be compromised as 20 percent of key posts in major departments could be in exclusively French.
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Trudeau denies PC charges over airport site decision
Prime Minister Trudeau rejects Conservative accusations that he pressured cabinet on Mirabel Airport location near his private Quebec estate. He says he was displeased by the site for private reasons, not to benefit personally, and notes the property remains private. He also disputes reports of an alleged eight dollar property tax overcharge.
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Seize-Iles
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Pilots threaten 24 hour Canada wide flight stoppage over language policy
The Canadian Airline Pilots Association CALPA announced a 24 hour nationwide flight stoppage starting midnigh Oct 17 unless the federal government halts bilingual traffic control experiments. CALPA vows to keep flights grounded if Bilcom suggests expanding French use beyond Quebec airports. Captain Bruce Yake warned pilots reject French as a flight language due to safety concerns.
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Canada
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Quebec
Maley
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Jean Marchand
Bruce Yake
Air Canada
World Aerospace Conference
Pensions to rise under October index figures
Old age security payments increase by 3.77 to 129.53 in October, with the maximum guaranteed income supplement rising to 90.86 for a single pensioner and 161.38 for a couple. The index, July at 1865, drives these changes based on May to July averages, with official confirmation delayed by ministerial orders.
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Canada Pension Plan
Saskatchewan girl dies in highway crash near Suffield
A jeep driven by Nancy Lee 20 of Calgary veered off a Department of National Highways road 13 miles east of Canadian Forces Base Suffield. Passenger Donna Hausauer 17 of Alsask was killed. Lee, hospitalized in Medicine Hat with serious injuries. Autopsy planned. inquest decision pending.
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Alberta Premier says gas prices stay lowest in Canada
Premier Peter Lougheed told reporters in Edmonton that Albertans will keep the lowest gasoline prices in Canada and likely not see reductions. He linked future cheaper fuel to broad trends and noted only a tax increase could prompt a price cut, while praising Alberta’s pipeline network and the North’s growing market role. He defended the Mackenzie Valley pipeline as inevitable and said PWA was bought to keep Alberta as a northern air cargo and passenger hub with minimal government meddling.
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