Premiers Meet Over Budget Energy and Health Plans
At the 16th annual premiers conference in St John’s Newfoundland premiers discuss energy cost sharing and health program funding. They warn Ottawa’s June budget changes threaten federalism and long term cost shared programs while exploring a national planning mechanism and a 200 mile fisheries limit.
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ST. John’s
Mfld
Ottawa
Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic
Saskatchewan
Allan Blakeney
Gerald Regan
Nova Scotia
Blakeney
B.C
Frank Moores
Newfoundland
Schreyer
The
CP Air pilot cites airport delays ecological and efficiency concerns
CP Air Captain Bob Grieve urged passengers at Toronto's Pearson to complain to Transport Minister Jean Marchand after a 33 minute takeoff delay blamed on a runway closure. He said 11 planes waited with about 150 passengers each, criticizing daytime repairs and overall traffic control at Toronto International Airport.
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Vancouver
CP Air
Toronto International Airport
Bob Grieve
Matsqui
Jean Marchand
Toronto
Capt
Grieve
Federal Transport Ministry
Bill Robertson
Canadian Air Traffic Control Association
Law reform chair criticizes prisoner reporting standards
Halifax reports that Canada imprisons more people and for longer terms than most western nations but Justice Hart notes inconsistent national and provincial reporting. He urges improved provincial systems before international standardization and questions broad comparative statistics.
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Halifax
Canadian Law Reform Commission
Patrick Hart
Commission
Canada
Justice Hart
Solicitor-General's Department
Soviet bombers said to fly over Canada near major cities
Canadian diplomats said they are mystified by a Chinese report in the People’s Daily claiming Soviet bombers frequently cross Canadian air space. The piece said Soviet warplanes repeatedly intrude into Canadian air space and fly over Canada about 800 miles from Montreal Vancouver and Toronto. The report cited “Canadian military circles” and appeared as Canada closed Atlantic ports to Soviet fishing vessels.
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Peking
Reuter
Canada
People’s Daily
Montreal
Vancouver
Toronto
Atlantic
Posties threaten bitter strike over automation clash
Ottawa reports a looming end of conciliation as 22,000 Canadian Union of Postal Workers may strike by mid September if talks fail over automation wages and job protections. The three member board negotiates with government figures amid disputes on casual labor and classification.
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Ottawa
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Marcel Perreault
Montreal
Post Office
Jean Moisan
Quebec Superior Court
CUPW
Public Service Staff Relations
Perreault
Conciliation Board
E. W. Greenslade
Bilingual air control questioned in Canadian aviation debate
Captain Robert Crossley of the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association argues against introducing French into air traffic control. He notes aviation English functions as a standardized code to prevent misinterpretation in radio transmissions and cites international practice favoring English.
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Edmonton
Canada
Canadian Air Line Pilots Association
Robert Crossley
Crossley
Pacific Western Airlines
France
Scandinavia
Germany
Eurocontrol
Quebec Language Rules Said To Create Police State
A Liberal government member in Montreal called the proposed French language regulations a threat, claiming they would turn Quebec into a police state. He compared the rules to measures from 1930s Russia and Germany, criticizing the cabinet for English-speaking underrepresentation while other groups urged caution. Leaders from unions and business warned the rules could curb distribution of English language catalogues and hurt sales.
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Ottawa
Robert Bourassa
Liberal
Montreal
Quebec
George Springate
Ste. Anne
Russia
Germany
Springate
Fernand
Lalonde
Victor ,Goldbloom
Kevin Drummond
William ''Erley
Jack Johnson
Association of Protestant Teachers
Bourassa
Parti Quebecois
Marcel Leger
Lafontaine
Quebec City
Cardinal Distributors Ltd
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New Brunswick
Alex Campbell
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Mid
Ed Schreyer
Provinces
Microfilm Ltd
David Rutka
Medicine Hat
UFAWU
Bruce Dynes
John Grieve
Law Commission
Posties
TE Canadian Press
Melpoos
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