Opposition parties press inflation in Commons clash
Ottawa report on how the three opposition parties pressed Prime Minister Trudeau for action to curb rising inflation as the Commons reconvened. The NDP pushed four items: quarterly escalation of Old Age Security and GIS, a price review board with price rollbacks, six percent mortgage loans from federally chartered banks, and wheat price subsidies. Trudeau pledged only quarterly OAS/GIS increases starting October 1 and signaled further legislation possible, while warning patience on details as rail-strike legislation proceeds. The opposition, including Conservatives and Social Credit, tied inflation urgency to the rail dispute, with the NDP holding 31 seats able to defeat the government if aligned.
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Ottawa
Commons
Trudeau
New Democrats
Tory
Robert Stanfield
NDP
David Lewis
New Democratic Party
Social Credit
Union rails bill faces opposition as MPs demand changes
Ottawa CP report says opposition MPs pledge a hard look at strike ending legislation amid a rail union refusal to order members back unless the bill is amended. The bill would require immediate service resumption, mediator-led bargaining, retroactive wage increases, and compulsory arbitration affecting non operating staff shopcraft and trainmen. Disobedience faces jail terms up to two years. wage hikes range from 8 to 10.8 percent, with protests and parliamentary clashes surrounding the crisis.
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Ottawa
Commons
Social Credit
New Democrats
Jack Horner
Crowfoot
Peter Reilly
Ottawa West
Liberal
Conservative
New Democrat
Independent
NDP
Smith
Munro
John Deutsch
Queen’s University
Economic Council of Canada
James McGrath
St. Johns East
Natives Demonstrate On Parliament Hill In Ottawa
About 200 young natives moved from the Indian Affairs building to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. They danced before mostly closed doors while about 750 onlookers watched the guard change. They said they would push on with further demonstrations, criticizing the Indian affairs branch. Arthur Manuel spoke for the Native Youth Association, noting public attention and potential future actions.
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Ottawa
Department of Indian Affairs
Parliament Hill
Jean Chretien
Indian Affairs
Peace Tower
RCMP
Chretien
Native Youth Association
Ottawa City
Association
Arthur Manuel
Kamloops
B.C
Rescue line attached to trapped midget submarine
In Cork Ireland a Royal Navy vessel said a rescue line was attached today to Pisces III, a midget submarine with two Britons Roger Chapman and Roger Mallinson trapped 1,400 feet down in the Atlantic with dwindling oxygen. HMS Hectare prepared to hoist the sub. a Canadian rescue sub attempted to attach a line.
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Cork
Ireland
Atlantic
Hectare
Roger Chapman
Roger Mallinson
HMS Hectare
Vickers Oceanic
Premier Chou reveals Lin Piao plot to kill Mao at congress
Chinese Premier Chou En-lai, in a policy speech to the 10th CCP congress, said Defence Minister Lin Piao attempted two coups against Mao Tse-tung, first in August 1970 and again in March 1971, culminating in a fatal 1971 plane crash. The speech, approved on August 28, was released by Xinhua.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Communist Party Congress
Lin Piao
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Mao
Chou
Lin
Ninth Central Committee
Andur Khan
People’s Republic of Mongolia
Congress
New China News Agency
Violence on Parliament Hill tops historic protests
The Ottawa report notes Thursday's violent outbreak by about 150 striking railway workers, joining a long line of demonstrations in Parliament Hill's history. It recalls May 1967 farmer protests, 1963 seafarers, and Lapalme mail drivers, plus incidents of bombs, projectiles, and jail terms across decades.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Quebec
Seafarers International Union
Burley
Hal C. Banks
Banks
Lapalme
Lapalme Company
Montreal
Hargrave Witnesses Angry Rail Strikers Parade Violence
Medicine Hat MP Bert Hargrave described a brief encounter with militant railway workers during violent demonstrations on Parliament Hill. He reported shattered glass and a tense, ugly atmosphere, noting demonstrators shouted and refused dialogue while RCMP ended the disturbance.
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Medicine Hat
Bert Hargrave
Parliament Hill
Ottawa
Hargrave
Mr. Hargrave
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