Ottawa MPs Fault Nine Percent Federal Sales Tax Plan
Finance Committee members led by Don Blenkarn challenge Michael Wilson’s plan to replace the manufacturers’ sales tax with a nine percent federal levy. They warn the rate is too high though supporters note rebates and lower incomes protections.
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Ottawa
Michael Wilson
Commons
Don Blenkarn
Finance Department
Blenkarn
Wilson
Fred Gerbet
Gorbet
Garbet
Michael Sabin
Alberta Reconsiders Accepting Quebec PCB Waste
Alberta officials review PCB disposal after British dockworkers refuse Quebec shipments. Edward Klein notes the open offer while Quebec politicians warn against dumping PCBs near Senneterre and Val dOr as 1500 tonnes face relocation.
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Alberta
Quebec
Environment
Ralph Klein
Tuesay
Swan Hills
Klein
Europe
Liverpool
Montreal
Port Authority
Val- D’or
Que
Marie St-Germain
Senneterre
St-Germain
Robert Bourassa
Abitibi
St-Basile
Abitibians
Doctor mum on steroids investigation in Canada
The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons refuses to say if it is probing Dr. Ara Artinian over accusations he sold steroids to university athletes. Artinian declined to comment while four former players testified before the federal inquiry into drugs in amateur sport.
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Toronto
Ontario College of Physicians and Sureons
Linda Franklin
Ara Artinian
Artinian
Canada
Alberta Senate election bill moves toward vote date decision
Deputy Premier Jim Horsman says Albertans will soon vote to fill Alberta’s vacant Senate seat as the bill clears third reading and awaits royal assent. Prime Minister Mulroney opposes elected senators, while Horsman pushes for Meech Lake reforms and a joint municipal election date.
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Jim Horsman
Helen Hunley
Horsman
Ing
Alberta
Mulroney
Don Getty
Senate
Alberta Urban Municipalities Association
Meech Lake
Calgary hiker rescued after 55 hours on glacier ledge
Feris Evans, 55, survived 55 hours stuck 10 metres inside a Crowfoot Glacier crevasse in Banff National Park. Park warden Tim Auger and helicopter pilot Peter Koster led a final two-day search before Evans was spotted, aided by a last sweep and rescued to Calgary by a friend.
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Banff National Park
Paris Evans
Calgary
Rocky Mountains
Feris Evans
Lake Louise
Peter Koster
Tim Auger
Koster
Auger
Evans
Alberta Tory pie shrinks in federal contracts
Alberta's share of federal spending has fallen under the Conservative government. The province won 2.9 percent of Ottawa's $9.6 billion contracts, and 3.2 percent of $6.2 billion in 1984 85, with 6.7 percent of public servants in Canada. Edmonton MP David Kilgour calls it discouraging as western concerns persist.
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Alberta
Department of Supply and Services
Ottawa
Canada
Statistics Canada
David Kilgour
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia
British Columbia
Canaa
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