Opposition MP Defends Bill Curbing Inflation
The lone opposition vote in favor came from George Hees of Prince Edward Hastings who warned the bill has flaws yet offers the only immediate way to curb inflation. Commons standings show Liberals 140, Conservatives 95, NDP 16, Social Credit 11, independent one seat and one vacancy.
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George Hees
Prince Edward Hastings
Liberals
Conservatives
NDP
Social Credit
Independent
Ford China talks end with no communique
Peking reports three days of talks yielded no new agreements and no final communique. Vice Premier Teng Fisiao-ping said the visit and discussions matter more than a paper record as Ford echoed that actions outweigh words amid ongoing U S detente tensions with the Soviet Union. The Shanghai 1972 understanding remains the frame for ties and Taiwan withdrawal was not resolved.
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Peking
Russia
Teng Fisiao-ping
Gerald Ford
Ford
Shanghai
Richard Nixon
Chou En-lai
U.S
Taiwan
Teng
Soviet Union
Commons report details 1975 inflation bill and hearings
The Commons approved the anti inflation program bill before sending it to the Senate. Public hearings on a Bell Canada rate hike warned of higher charges or poorer service. Shell Canada trimmed its Mackenzie gas reserves forecast. A Montreal 1976 Olympics nuclear threat remains under scrutiny by security planners.
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Commons
Senate
Montreal
Renfrew
Bell Canada
Shell Canada
Mackenzie River Delta
Premier introduces Heritage Fund bill in Alberta legislature
Premier Peter Lougheed introduces the 14 billion Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund bill in the legislature. The plan channels 30 percent of future nonrenewable resource revenue to the fund, with 20 percent for capital projects and 15 percent for revenue producing Canadian investments. The bill allows public discussion and creates a committee to review investments and reports.
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Edmonton
Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund
Peter Lougheed
Pacifc Western Airlines
Alberta Energy Company
General Revenue
HOM Penwalle Resources
Canada
Alberta
Provinces
Heritage Savings ‘Trust Fund
Executive Council
Lougheed
Mail service on verge of normal in Canada
Ottawa reports postal backlog easing after workers walked off Oct 20. Montreal official notes no laughter as operations resume toward normalcy. First major disruption since the stoppage, with officials saying the worst is over and mail flow improving.
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Montreal
Ottawa
Cabinet changes ripple through Canadian ministries
CHUM reports Canada will see Environment Minister Jeanne Sauve become minister of communications with Fisheries Minister Romeo LeBlanc taking over Sauve duties. Backlogs in third class mail grow but easing, as embargo resets Monday. Post office targets include postal codes and hiring casual staff for weekend work.
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Toronto
Cpi
CHUM
Canada
Environment
Jeanne Sauve
Fisheries
Romeo LeBlanc
Quebec City
Vancouver
Post Office
Ottawa panel weighs editorials in foreign magazine rule
A Commons committee debates the Cullen rule requiring 80 percent content from nonforeign sources and 75 percent Canadian ownership to qualify for tax status. Critics call it censorship while supporters cite ownership aims. opposition seeks lower content thresholds.
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Ottawa
Commons
Cullen
Bud Cullen
Hugh Faulkner
Time Magazine
Reader's Digest
Alberta MLAs approve modest raise under federal limits
Alberta MLAs return to the legislature to a bill cutting the Prowse Report increase to 10 percent this year with nine eight and seven percent in subsequent years. Indemnity and expense allowances rise and by April 1978 MLAs will earn about 18 703 annually while premiers ministers and opposition leaders see larger increases within federal wage ceilings.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Prowse
Legislative Assembly
Hugh Horner
Horner
Nessie photo slide shown in Concord by Rines group
Boston patent lawyer Robert Rines presented a rust colored slide of a leg end Nessie showing two front limbs a long neck and head. He described a 12 feet wide body and 8 to 10 feet neck length to about 50 onlookers in Concord amid recent Loch Ness image disclosures and a London symposium cancellation due to publicity concerns.
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United States
Britain
U.S
Loch Ness
Scotland
Boston
Robert Rines
Franklin Pierce Law Centre
Concord
Rines
London
UIC Unemployment Benefits Rise in First Nine Months
Statistics Canada reports the Unemployment Insurance Commission paid 2.464 billion in benefits in the first nine months, up 47 percent from last year. September benefits reached 236 million, 9 percent higher than August and 87 percent above September 1974. About 552000 people received benefits in September, and the average weekly payment was 85.23 dollars, up from prior months and year.
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Ottawa CP
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Statistics Canada
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Fraser Valley
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John Ferguson
Canadian Press
Time Canada Ltd
Toronto Globe and Mail
Montreal Star
Nessie
N.H
UIC
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