Trudeau admits federal failure to create enough jobs in Canada
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau told Toronto's Italian business leaders that 258000 new jobs were created in the year to October but the federal government fell short for those entering the labor market. He compared Canada favorably to the United States and defended multicultural policy as vital for immigrant communities.
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Conflict spreads as Indian and Pakistani forces clash on frontier
Reuters and AP report continuous exchanges along the West Pakistan frontier with Pakistani forward positions attacked by Indian forces. Indian air raids hit four northwestern airports and Srinagar, Amritsar, Pathankot, and other locations. A national emergency was declared in India amid the air war crisis.
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Connally hopeful after fiscal meeting
Treasury Secretary John Connally arrived from Rome confident a settlement to the global economic crisis could come by year end. He cautioned against false hopes while noting very large steps by the United States at the Group of Ten talks. He said no devaluation offers were made and that progress on trade was achieved, though details remained unspecified.
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Canada
Two NDP MPs join Liberal majority on tax bill motion
In Ottawa the government won a motion to cut off committee debate on the tax reform bill 121 to 80 as two NDP MPs Max Saltsman and Andrew Brewin sided with the Liberals. The vote followed a noisy two hour debate and sets four more days for clause by clause study.
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Alberta approves ethane export to Dome and Amoco
Dome Petroleum Ltd and Amoco Canada Petroleum Co Ltd win permission to export ethane from Alberta but are limited to 310 billion cubic feet. The decision, requiring cabinet ratification and National Energy Board approval, sets a 25 year supply constraint and routes shipments from Alberta plants to Empress near the Saskatchewan border.
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Canada U S treaty plugs loophole in extradition
Ottawa reports a new Canada United States extradition treaty signed in Washington adds nine crimes including hijacking and explosives to the extradition list. It closes gaps that allowed Hal C Banks to evade Canadian justice after a 1964 Montreal conspiracy conviction.
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William Rogers
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Dean Rusk
New York
Deadlock in Bow Valley teachers trustees fight halts classes
In Calgary area rural schools 12 000 students face four days without classes as teachers and trustees remain in stalemate over health care premiums and the salary grid. Talks ended with no compromise and both sides insisting on their positions.
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Auto pact agreement expected Monday in Canada
Ottawa report says Prime Minister Trudeau and President Nixon will reach a basic auto pact agreement Monday ensuring no loss of employment in Canada. Trudeau termed his Washington trip a journey of understanding and hinted at possible further accords. Canada will make concessions to the United States to appease U.S. lawmakers critical of the 1965 deal.
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Moores Says Lt Governor Should Force Smallwood Resignation
Progressive Conservative leader Frank Moores urged Lt. Gov. E. John A. Harnum to use his undoubted power to demand Premier Joseph Smallwood's resignation or to召ll the legislature. He argued the Liberals' challenge over St Barbe South and missing ballots left no clear mandate, while Moores claimed 20 confirmed Conservative seats plus Labrador leader Tom Burgess support give him a viable minority government.
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