Plumptre Demands More Staff for Food Prices Board
Beryl Plumptre the $40 000 a year chairwoman said she received no help from most government departments in staffing the food prices review board until cabinet met. She warned she would resign without more staff and urged cooperation from industry and government.
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Ottawa
Beryl Plumptre
Food Prices Review Board
Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce
Department of
Consumer Affairs
New Democratic Party
David Lewis
Major chains agree on shelf pricing to protect consumers
Nine big grocery chains including Dominion Stores Safeway Food City Woodwards and International Grocers Association agreed to use the lowest marked price when multiple prices appear on a shelf item and to avoid raising shelved goods prices. Some chains pledged no price increases while others argued for simpler rules, with plans to share financial data and provide more consumer information in ads and reduce product package varieties.
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Ottawa
Food Prices Review Board
Dominion Stores
Safeway
Food City
Woodwards
International Grocers’ Association
Thomas G. Barton
Five
Beryl Plumptre
Loblaws
Steinberg’s
Provigo
A and P
Review Board
Rail strike pressure cripples Canada wide service
Widespread Canada rail service crippled as non-operating unions strike, with about 80 percent of 56,000 members out. Trains sidetracked nationwide except Atlantic provinces, raising tensions as PMO and mediation try to avert broader collapse. Grain movements face delays as CN CP Rail and others contend with wage demands averaging 10.9 percent yearly.
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Montreal
Canada
Atlantic
John Munro
Ottawa
Alan Gold
Canadian National
CP Rail
Winnipeg
Smith
Thunder Bay
Ont
Vancouver
Imperial Oil Ltd
Toronto
Edmonton
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
Island
Rail walkouts halt Canadian grain movement to ports
Vancouver and Churchill docks face delays as continuing rail strikes burden grain exports. Wheat board stocks drop to 7.6 million bushels while ships wait for grain to Japan, Russia, and Europe. Churchill port suffers late ice breakup and 10 to 20 day delays.
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Vancouver
Churchill
Japan
Russia
Wheat Board
West Coast
Europe
Bangladesh
St. Lawrence
Canadian Wheat Board
Winnipeg
Thunder Bay
R. S. Allison
CP Rail Prairie Region
Wheat stockpile in Canada hits 20 year low
Statistics Canada reports Canada's wheat stocks endcrop year at 366.1 million bushels, down from 583.8 million last year and 10 year average 630.1 million. Farm and transit holdings fall across regions as exports and domestic use strain supplies amid high world demand.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Statistics Bureau
Thunder Bay
Ont
NDP Edges Ahead as Tories Sink in Latest Poll
The July Gallup poll shows the NDP up three points to 19 percent and the Conservatives down four to 30 percent, with the Liberals at 41 and others at 10. Quebec remains Liberal stronghold but shows a shift toward Social Credit–Other. 35 percent of Canadians remain undecided as ownership of the polling firm changes hands.
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NDP
Donsellar Southam
Ottawa
New Democratic Party
Progressive Conservatives
Liberal
Tories
Liberals
Gallup
Social Credit
Canadian Institute of Public Opinion
Canada
Quebec
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Pease Drive
Medicine Hat
Richard Smith
Ontario
Prairies
Manitoba
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Alberta
Northwest Territories
Yukon
Southam Western Bureau
Tion
New Democrats
Tionwide Market Research of
Frank Kielty
Clara Hatton
Miss Hatton
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