Alberta minister scolds federal decision on Vancouver route
Ontario based reader reports Alberta Transportation Minister Henry Kroeger questions Time Air exclusive rights to the Vancouver route. He suspects political influence and defends Alberta owned Pacific Western Airlines while noting Time Air offers a longer trip but stronger regional competition.
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Alberta
Henry Kroeger
Jean-Luc Pepin
Time Air
Vancouver
Kroeger
Pacific Western Airlines
PWA
Clark's Fate After the Constitutional Debate
The piece credits Tory leader Joe Clark with guiding opposition strategy during a 14 month constitutional debate. It notes his filibuster pressure on Trudeau, the Supreme Court inquiry, and the final Liberal vote showing limited Tory defections. It also discusses Clark's Quebec strategy and potential consequences for his leadership within the party.
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Joe Clark
House of Commons
Trudeau
Supreme Court
Clark
Tory
Liberals
New Democrats
Quebec
Levesque
Teaching Shirley to Drive in Medicine Hat
Alan Poirier recalls teaching his wife Shirley to drive in Medicine Hat. The first lessons were chaotic but progress followed as she learned control, signaling, and cornering while he observes local drivers growing more reckless. He ends noting the city’s slipping driving standards.
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Shirley
Medicine Hat
Can inflation be beaten or endured in Canada
The piece argues inflation remains entrenched with CPI rising 12.7 percent near the budget period and portrays high prices as a trauma. It critiques policy drift since 1979, notes high rates as a symptom, warns against complacent recession, and urges a sincere long term anti inflation commitment amid political incentives.
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Pierre Trudeau
Trudeau
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Gerald Bouey
Carl Bergie
C.D. Howe Research Institute
Montreal
Canada
Liberal Party
Reagan may return to UN sea talks with changes sought
Singapore ambassador Tommy Koh says only non fundamental changes are negotiable and the United States is unlikely to allow a reopened conference. If Washington demands major changes, the majority may proceed without the United States, risking a fractured post eight year negotiation. Canada warns a mini treaty could damage aims and shift mining rights beyond one global accord.
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United Nations
Reagan
United States
Singapore
Tommy Koh
Caracas
Venezuela
Koh
U.S
Britain
France
West Germany
Japan
Washington
Koch
Alan Beesley
Canada
Arctic
Trojan horse metaphor cited in Reagan tax critique
The piece argues David Stockman misuses the Trojan horse allusion in criticizing Reagan era tax cuts. It compares Greek and Trojan loyalties, notes the tax reform aim to equalize rates on earned and unearned income, and suggests capital earnings should be reinvested rather than taxed by government.
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David Stockman
Reagan
Menelaus
Achilles
Ajax
Nestor
Agamemnon
Ulysses
Helen
Stockman
Troy
Homer
Paris
Hector
Priam
Congress
United States
Washington
Boston Globe
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